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Re: Google One

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Post by mikro2nd »

Insanity wrote: post #88

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? :)

With Google -- and especially considering recent history -- I be worrying about when this product is going to be end-of-lifed.

Re: Google One

#162

Post by bad_user »

Zenst wrote: post #74

Interesting that it is available in only some EU member countries, but not all of them. Oddly, not Ireland. List of countries where Google One is available Argentina Australia Brazil Canada France Germany India Israel Italy Japan Mexico Russia South Korea Spain Taiwan United Kingdom United States

Actually it's available in Romania too, I noticed that today, that list is outdated.

Re: Google One

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Post by mikro2nd »

jhanschoo wrote: post #57
ohazi wrote: post #30

Everyone is so busy asking "what even is this?" that they're forgetting to ask the more typical question about a new Google product - "will this still be around next year?"

The primary benefit that this is based around (increased account storage space) is unlikely to go anywhere anytime soon.

Your logic is sound, but is Google's? We all thought that a product based on top of their already-necessary spidering of substantial portions of the web -- Reader -- was also unlikely to go away, and look what happened.

I think that Google have passed Peak Innovation, and now all they can see is stuff other companies are doing and thrashing about going, "We ought to be doing that, too." Check in with MS to ask how well that works.

Re: Google One

#165

Post by netsharc »

PurpleRamen wrote: post #151
pstuart wrote: post #4

That landing page was too busy and did a weak job at selling what "one" was if it's really more than a cheaper drop box. Expert access for $1.99/mo? Huh?

Well, poor customer-service is a longstanding complain about google. Maybe with GOne you now get some real human who takes care of your complain, before they ban your account for violation of what their AI Overlord told them.

Hah, GOne.

In the near future, 2 people are on GChat, I mean Hangouts, I mean Duo, I mean Allo, I mean FB Messenger. And one of them is one of those people that can't use the shift key:

"Where did you put the pictures from our trip?"

"oh, gone"

"What do you mean they're gone?!!!!?"

Re: Google One

#166

Post by IshKebab »

pqs wrote: post #82
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.

Hell even the Windows client is shit compared to Dropbox. I think it is because they want everyone to keep everything in the cloud - not to use it as synced backup for stuff that really lives on your desktop (which is of course what everyone actually wants).

Re: Google One

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Post by mrhappyunhappy »

netsharc wrote: post #165
PurpleRamen wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, poor customer-service is a longstanding complain about google. Maybe with GOne you now get some real human who takes care of your complain, before they ban your account for violation of what their AI Overlord told them.

Hah, GOne. In the near future, 2 people are on GChat, I mean Hangouts, I mean Duo, I mean Allo, I mean FB Messenger. And one of them is one of those people that can't use the shift key: "Where did you put the pictures from our trip?" "oh, gone" "What do you mean they're gone?!!!!?"

Pardon this low quality comment but I must “hehehe”.

Re: Google One

#170

Post by nwellnhof »

malux85 wrote: post #123

Consolidation of the services is nice, but I feel like this is just getting creepier and creepier. It’s like “put your entire digital existence onto our platform” Oh and by the way took “don’t be evil” out. Now give us all of your data, look at this beautiful UI! Sorry Google, I don’t trust you anymore, I used to love you, it used to be about the ideals and ideas, but now avarice has possessed and consumed you. No th…

They could win privacy-conscious users back by offering an ad and tracking free Google experience with the paid plans.
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