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Re: Google One

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Post by metildaa »

smartbit wrote: post #68
hodyroff wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For flexibility there is ownCloud. Build your own, where you want, has Linux and all the stuff you need.

I'd suggest NextCloud instead. Including Two Factor Authentication in the latest release https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-generation-2-factor-authenti...

Have you tried Nextcloud? Its slick right up until you get a few users that actually use all the core apps (contact syncing, automatic uploads, calendars, etc), then rendering the PHP login page jumps to taking 20 seconds of maxing out all CPU cores on the server.

Their IRC channel is no help in debugging. Disabling all apps doesn't help, looking at the php & syslog don't show any errors, and adding caching only saves a few seconds of rendering time.

Nextcloud has seriously lowered my standards for bad PHP projects, making most others look well written and decently documented/debuggable.

Re: Google One

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Post by pqs »

neverminder wrote: post #59

So looking from a single private user's perspective: Google One has best pricing, but no Linux native client and Dropbox has Linux native client and no flexible pricing.

I don't understand why they won't develop a client for Linux. Is it that difficult? Maybe the code could be also useful for Chrome OS and I guess many Googlers use Linux, so it would be useful for them too.

I stick with Dropbox for the Linux support. It is fantastic. It works on servers, with no GUI, so I can easily sync stuff from my Windows Laptop and my Linux server, where I perform scientific stuff.

Re: Google One

#83

Post by iKevinShah »

spyckie2 wrote: post #78

"Google One" suffers from designer in a box syndrome. It's probably a great internal name - hey, we've been providing storage for photos, email, docs, drive, and more, for over a decade, and we've finally integrated that storage into one space, so let's call it Google one! It's a great name - simple and powerful, symbolizes the effort and direction we've taken in the past 5-10 years of integrating our consumer, day t…

Most probably they'll follow the path like other products have followed:

Google Keep -> Keep -> Keep Notes -> Notes (In near future)

Re: Google One

#84

Post by Nition »

Apocryphon wrote: post #75
SheinhardtWigCo wrote: post #34

This “One” thing is getting a bit tired.

Agreed. It didn't even make much sense a few years ago with products like the Xbox One or the HTC One. Heaven help us if Apple refreshes their Mac Pro as the Mac One.

Call it the Mac Two and suddenly the whole market perceives you as one step ahead.

Re: Google One

#86

Post by aaaaaaaaaab »

bad_user wrote: post #42
gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

Not necessarily. Many people pay for 2 TB without actually needing 2 TB. I currently pay for Dropbox Pro, which has 2 TB of space available, but I'm only using 300 GB. I'm pretty sure that at this point people going over 500 GB are a tiny minority. When you pay for 30 TB on the other hand, you probably need it, so their actual cost might be reflected well in that price. This is basically the long tail effect, so when…

Lol, I would just buy multiple 2 TB subscriptions from different accounts.

Re: Google One

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Post by codebeaker »

tmoravec wrote: post #77
floatingatoll wrote: post #3

Their support site is far more valuable than the landing page. From the main support index at https://support.google.com/googleone/ here are various tidbits of useful content that the surrounding HN comments wished for (sorry, none describe the "expert help" available): "Get Google One": https://support.google.com/googleone/answer/9004013 > With Google One, you get more storage, help from experts, and extra member be…

How on Earth are hotel discounts related to cloud storage?

My guess would be a slow introduction of concierge type services linked into their phone AI thing that they launched 6 months ago to great fanfair, and a general move from software service companies (and my bank.) into offering concierge type services in general.

Re: Google One

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Post by Insanity »

Kind of related, I was recentl thinking about making some backups of valuable (emotionally speaking) things like wedding pictures.

Currently they are backed up on my local machine and my server, but was considering cloud options. My wife does use Google Drive (paid account w/ Chromebook) but I don't feel that comfortable with Google things.

Does anyone have good alternatives that perhaps respect privacy? :)

Re: Google One

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Post by abricot »

metildaa wrote: post #81
smartbit wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd suggest NextCloud instead. Including Two Factor Authentication in the latest release https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-generation-2-factor-authenti...

Have you tried Nextcloud? Its slick right up until you get a few users that actually use all the core apps (contact syncing, automatic uploads, calendars, etc), then rendering the PHP login page jumps to taking 20 seconds of maxing out all CPU cores on the server. Their IRC channel is no help in debugging. Disabling all apps doesn't help, looking at the php & syslog don't show any errors, and adding caching only save…

Are you arguing that Owncloud is better?

Re: Google One

#90

Post by [deleted] »

gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

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