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What about backblaze b2 with rclone, I'm sure there's a front end somewhere and with the clousflare cdn it's no egress cost. Or clousflares storage amounts

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I've made one such frontend for not only backblaze but also Nextcloud (via webdav), and pretty much every protocol like FTP, SFTP, S3, ... It's all open source: https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash

The trouble is that backblaze is actually quite expensive for home offerings. When I looked a few months ago, the cheapest provider (per TB) by far was actually mega.nz, and they offer a platform with no upper storage cap (if you pay for it). Works with rclone, e2ee, and some other "side benefits" too. No idea what the native clients are like, however.

the big issue with Mega is always how sustainable they are.

Its a business with a questionable legacy, and I have no idea what the longevity is of the service. Your data is probably fine, but it attracts a certain clientele that might put the service at risk long term of another seizure or whatever.

I also use Mega for big files, but not as my primary backup solution or anything important.

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