so, whatever happened to btsync?
Now called resilio sync. I use it for my home machines and it is pretty fantastic.
have you tried syncthing? is it the same?
Dropbox adds a device limit to free accounts
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#12so, whatever happened to btsync?
Open-source alternatives: https://syncthing.net/ and https://mutagen.io/ and of course good ol' rsync.
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#13What is dropbox basic? I see no explanation anywhere. It's been ages since I visited dropbox but my god how things have changed. Every flow and part of their website is about converting people to paid.
>Every flow and part of their website is about converting people to paid
Their client is no better, constantly sending out desktop notifications that my dropbox is getting full and I should upgrade to their 1TB plan immediately.
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#14What is the actual Limit? I am redirected to the German Version which states „no limit“
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#15I don't understand the Dropbox negativity on HN. I've used it since 2010 and it has provided me with incredible value. I used to have free service for documents but my library of data grew larger. I signed up for their $10/month program without a hitch and have been a paying user for years. You get a terabyte of space.
I got rid of NAS backups and I have selective sync enabled on folders that I need synced. Large files remain in the cloud.
There are a few things that I think are worth paying for. Dropbox delivers every day, every hour with no worries of backups.
In terms of limiting devices, remember when iTunes introduced 5 authorized devices? Spotify Free has ads all over. Dropbox's business model is to convert free paying users by exemplifying the value that they provide without excessive nags, ads or annoyances.
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#16I don't understand the Dropbox negativity on HN. I've used it since 2010 and it has provided me with incredible value. I used to have free service for documents but my library of data grew larger. I signed up for their $10/month program without a hitch and have been a paying user for years. You get a terabyte of space. I got rid of NAS backups and I have selective sync enabled on folders that I need synced. Large fil…
HN has always had a problem with Dropbox. Check out the very first post announcing Dropbox for evidence of the negativity that the product received: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
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#17What is the actual Limit? I am redirected to the German Version which states „no limit“
you can switch the language at the bottom left side of the page.
the limit is three.
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#18I don't understand the Dropbox negativity on HN. I've used it since 2010 and it has provided me with incredible value. I used to have free service for documents but my library of data grew larger. I signed up for their $10/month program without a hitch and have been a paying user for years. You get a terabyte of space. I got rid of NAS backups and I have selective sync enabled on folders that I need synced. Large fil…
HN has always had a problem with Dropbox. Check out the very first post announcing Dropbox for evidence of the negativity that the product received: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
Dig deep enough and HN has a problem with everything. DNA? Over-rated hack. Oxygen? Dangerous.
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#19They freed up the half-dozen devices on my account when they stopped supporting anything other than vanilla ext4 on Linux.
Wait, what? Why should the Dropbox client care which filesystem you are using?
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#20I don't understand the Dropbox negativity on HN. I've used it since 2010 and it has provided me with incredible value. I used to have free service for documents but my library of data grew larger. I signed up for their $10/month program without a hitch and have been a paying user for years. You get a terabyte of space. I got rid of NAS backups and I have selective sync enabled on folders that I need synced. Large fil…
The problem is when Dropbox takes previously available features or capabilities and reduces them to drive subscriptions INSTEAD of adding new value.