@squirrel OneDrive? (OneDrive for Business, too, but that's actually a separate thing)
maple classic™ 
@calvin i kinda want a local solution because then i'm not tied to a company or a size limit
i'm only getting away from dropbox because i ran out of space and i want to avoid paying them if possible
@squirrel then OneDrive for Business attached to a local SharePoint install
not even joking, I do this
@squirrel like, this is attached to a sharepoint install where my friend can ACTUALLY TOUCH THE HARDWARE https://cronk.stenoweb.net/media/C-z8LWDyxVcDLo7Tc9c
@calvin so nothing goes through microsoft servers? can the public links point to ports other than 80?
@squirrel 1. i'm pretty sure that's controllable 2. yes, set up an Alternate Access Mapping in sharepoint