I like samba because I can mount it as a folder in the file explorer of my Linux desktop. But Samba is a little slow.

I have a samba fileserver behind wireguard. Would copyparty be an improvement over samba?

Simple* apps were great before they got bought by Israeli spies. The development continues in Fossify: https://www.fossify.org/

ummm no. I don’t want Meta to access my chats.