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Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by mcny »

doomlaser wrote: post #27
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 d…

I wish Google built is own first party cli tools for Google drive. Sort of like rsync but with a Google flavor. I'm sure people would love it.

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Post by ReverseCold »

dabernathy89 wrote: post #28
fermienrico wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Please use git (or similar) for code. GitLab even has free private repos for personal projects.

Dropbox is for binary files (like PDF, MSOffice, etc).

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Post by microcolonel »

Been using Syncthing these last few days, today it saved me about three hours of sending files to California just to download them back in the same office. Highly recommended if you understand and can afford the small amount of time you trade for functioning peer-to-peer transfers (which, in basically every case, are faster than client-server-client transfers).

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Post by gmemstr »

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 ?

You could take a look at Owncloud, I know there's a few projects that also do it but I can't name any others off the top of my head.

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Post by CPAhem »

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.

There are a few options for improved Google Drive clients. We use Syncdocs https://syncdocs.com as it has end-to-end encryption. None of these clients are free, though, so perhaps you get what you pay for.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by aaomidi »

mcny wrote: post #61
doomlaser wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 d…

I wish Google built is own first party cli tools for Google drive. Sort of like rsync but with a Google flavor. I'm sure people would love it.

They definitely don't want people using it as a backup system.

Their unlimited storage is useless because you can't actually use it properly. It saves them money.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by AmericanChopper »

_emacsomancer_ wrote: post #25
paxy wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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".

By that stage they will have relaunched a slightly different rebrand of the previous poorly conceived idea.
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