@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 can i use it on android like the dropbox app works?
@squirrel WebDAV is basically the thing that makes HTTP work as a file transfer protocol
self-hosted SharePoint itself is free, the office mobile apps aren't, and I don't have an android phone, so I don't know if MS does the same licensing regime for the OneDrive android app connecting to SharePoint; I assume, but no guarantees
@calvin "SharePoint 2013 can only be installed on 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012." ok i'm running ubuntu 16.04 so i guess this is all moot
@squirrel oh, and the sync client for windows is free (and/or comes with office)
the other problem with sharepoint though, is that it can be a resource hog, and I guess like owncloud, it can do a LOT of stuff
a LOT (everything from office web apps like google docs, but self hosted; to godforsaken enterprise solutions)
so yeah this is all for naught
@squirrel that's the sketch part; the problem is MS really wants you to pay for 365 for mobile stuff even if you self-host, at least for the office mobile stuff. no idea if the OneDrive app is artificially gated like this
the good thing is it's WebDAV behind the scenes, so you can use any app you want anyways