Kiteworks and ownCloud join forces to underscore its commitment to the DACH market.
I guess that means it's dead, as there's no way a corporation would pay millions to acquire a competitor just to continue developing a free alternative to their own product
If you just want file storage Seafile. Idk about all the other crap it can do but id imagine there are plenty of good options for each one. Immich is great if your mostly concerned about pictures/videos for example
Despite the common phrase, "cloud" doesn't mean "other people's computers" and despite the utility to the self-hosting community, products like Owncloud aren't meant for our use case.