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Dropbox replacement?

#1

Post by phishphood »

I ran out of 50Gb limit on dropbox and am not sure I want to go to the next level (100Gb), it is a) too expensive and b) I will overgrow it in 6 month or so c) data doesn't really need to be in the cloud but it needs to be synced up between few computers.

Is there an alternative to dropbox? I don't mind paying but something more reasonable than dropbox rates

Re: Dropbox replacement?

#6

Post by Terretta »

dmnd wrote: post #5

You could try AeroFS ( http://www.aerofs.com ) which was discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1538731

You could, and then you could wait. The "download" button is actually a "request invite" button:

Sign Up for an AeroFS Invite

AeroFS is still in early alpha/beta. Please enter your email address below and we'll invite you as soon as we can :-)

Re: Dropbox replacement?

#7

Post by yurisagalov »

Terretta wrote: post #6
dmnd wrote: post #5

You could try AeroFS ( http://www.aerofs.com ) which was discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1538731

You could, and then you could wait. The "download" button is actually a "request invite" button: Sign Up for an AeroFS Invite AeroFS is still in early alpha/beta. Please enter your email address below and we'll invite you as soon as we can :-)

This is mostly out of necessity, we're still squashing bugs daily and aren't really ready to accept mass user sign ups yet :)

That being said, we _are_ releasing invites on a fairly regular basis (usually coinciding with new bug fixed versions, in an effort to improve the overall user experience)

Re: Dropbox replacement?

#8

Post by phishphood »

yurisagalov wrote: post #7
Terretta wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could, and then you could wait. The "download" button is actually a "request invite" button: Sign Up for an AeroFS Invite AeroFS is still in early alpha/beta. Please enter your email address below and we'll invite you as soon as we can :-)

This is mostly out of necessity, we're still squashing bugs daily and aren't really ready to accept mass user sign ups yet :) That being said, we _are_ releasing invites on a fairly regular basis (usually coinciding with new bug fixed versions, in an effort to improve the overall user experience)

Hi Yuri, I did sign up for an invite. Can you please tell me whats the major reason(s) I would want to go with you not with JungleDisk which seems to be doing similar things. Is it price/value differentiation only or there is more to the story?

Re: Dropbox replacement?

#9

Post by Terretta »

yurisagalov wrote: post #7
Terretta wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could, and then you could wait. The "download" button is actually a "request invite" button: Sign Up for an AeroFS Invite AeroFS is still in early alpha/beta. Please enter your email address below and we'll invite you as soon as we can :-)

This is mostly out of necessity, we're still squashing bugs daily and aren't really ready to accept mass user sign ups yet :) That being said, we _are_ releasing invites on a fairly regular basis (usually coinciding with new bug fixed versions, in an effort to improve the overall user experience)

I myself, and some of my colleagues, have signed up from time to time since the thread 144 days ago, and we have yet to receive a single invite among us.
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