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Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by mey »

As someone actively using both Google Drive File Stream and Google Backup and Sync. For the love of god, fix your desktop software.

Dropbox and OneDrive both understand the concept of filenames and collisions. It's very obvious that Google Drive is not a file system, especially when you have shared folders with multiple people.

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Post by nafizh »

I love Dropbox, I am a paid plus user. The syncing is amazing, and absolutely gets out of your way. You just have to put something, and forget about it. It's sad that they are slowly moving their focus towards businesses. While that is not a problem in and of itself, it seems individual users don't have much priority anymore.

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Post by dawnerd »

mey wrote: post #51

As someone actively using both Google Drive File Stream and Google Backup and Sync. For the love of god, fix your desktop software. Dropbox and OneDrive both understand the concept of filenames and collisions. It's very obvious that Google Drive is not a file system, especially when you have shared folders with multiple people.

Filestream constantly crashes my Mac. It’s really frustrating. Trying to move a bunch of files really destroys it.

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#56

Post by joenathanone »

vowelless wrote: post #52

I am totally done with Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. I want my independence back. How can I set this up myself without relying on the above mentioned service providers ?

By not asking anyone else to answer the question for you and actually doing it yourself, be independent.

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Post by barhum »

It would be great if Google drive wouldn't use up my MacBook's battery so fast. All the time my cpu usage is at 100% when using Google Backup and sync. Something that other competitors have managed to do better than Google. Using dropbox at the moment.

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Post by mcny »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #47
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.

Doesn’t One, in Google’s (or more precisely, Android’s) parlance, signify cheapness?

I don't see it as a bad thing. To me Android One is a symbol of confidence and simplicity. It is a promise of no bloat on Android. It is a promise of timely updates. Most importantly, it is a signal of a good value. Look where the trainwreck of the fire phone got to at Amazon.com

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Post by cobbzilla »

vowelless wrote: post #52

I am totally done with Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. I want my independence back. How can I set this up myself without relying on the above mentioned service providers ?

https://nextcloud.com is a free software alternative that's pretty mature and feature-rich. I've been using it for several years (it was originally owncloud) and it works great. Setting up backend storage to use S3 essentially gives you unlimited storage at very cheap prices.
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