Google One is coming soon • Hacker News Board

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by hn92933jd » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:09 AM UTC

I believe this is the GDPR compliant Google drive.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by skosch » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:10 AM UTC

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #14

cwyers wrote: post #7

So, they've made Google One and Google Drive, in an effort to have Google OneDrive in series instead of in parallel.

I never thought another tech company could be more awkward than Microsoft at branding. I guess it’s just hard to name things.

To add, just a few years ago we had Ubuntu One, also a cloud storage service.

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Post by fermienrico » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:11 AM UTC

spking wrote: post #15

After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that randomly stopped syncing to sort through and move to Dropbox.

Dropbox is leagues ahead of any file sharing software out there.

They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:19 AM UTC

fermienrico wrote: post #23

spking wrote: post #15

After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that randomly stopped syncing to sort through and move to Dropbox.

Dropbox is leagues ahead of any file sharing software out there. They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.

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Post by _emacsomancer_ » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:24 AM UTC

paxy wrote: post #18

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #8

Google loves talking about things they're not ready to actually start doing yet.

And then do them and retire them six months later.

And then three months later I read about them and think "that sounds really interesting".

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Post by isaiahg » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

cwyers wrote: post #7

So, they've made Google One and Google Drive, in an effort to have Google OneDrive in series instead of in parallel.

Maybe it's a conspiracy to replace OneDrive search results with their own haha

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by doomlaser » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:28 AM UTC

cwyers wrote: post #7

So, they've made Google One and Google Drive, in an effort to have Google OneDrive in series instead of in parallel.

I'm a fan of Amazon Drive. The native clients are nice with a clear interface, and have the option to simply upload files or directories once, without having to synchronize them in local directories. It's not immediately clear how to do this in Google Drive, which seems confused especially since they've split it into two different products already.

There's also been a persistent problem with the Google Drive native desktop client, where syncing files consumes 100% of your local CPU for hours (or days) as it syncs, a problem which Dropbox and Amazon Drive do not have.

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Post by dabernathy89 » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:29 AM UTC

fermienrico wrote: post #23

spking wrote: post #15

After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that randomly stopped syncing to sort through and move to Dropbox.

Dropbox is leagues ahead of any file sharing software out there. They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.

And yet I still can't easily get it to ignore `node_modules` folders.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by bitmapbrother » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:31 AM UTC

ryan-allen wrote: post #4

I'm not sure what this is? Is it a rebrand of Google Drive? EDIT: Yep, with more features! https://www.techradar.com/news/everything-you-need-to-know-a...

No, it's not a re-brand. It's the name for their paid storage plans with live customer support.

https://www.blog.google/products/google-one/one-simple-way-g...

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Post by askvictor » Wed, May 16, 2018, 2:31 AM UTC

skosch wrote: post #22

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never thought another tech company could be more awkward than Microsoft at branding. I guess it’s just hard to name things.

To add, just a few years ago we had Ubuntu One, also a cloud storage service.

I'm kind of disappointed Ubuntu didn't sue Microsoft over the name. Given they had just had to rename from SkyDrive to OneDrive due to trademark infringement it would have been amusing to see them need to do it again for not having actually checked for similar services with similar names. Or maybe there was a payment to Ubuntu involved there.