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Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Re: Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Post by joakin »

calloc wrote: post #33
joakin wrote: post #32

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What the hell, never knew about this: Consent to Access Your Files BY UTILIZING THE SITE, CONTENT, FILES AND/OR SERVICES, YOU CONSENT TO ALLOW DROPBOX TO ACCESS YOUR COMPUTER TO ACCESS ANY FILES THAT ARE PLACED IN THE 'MY DROPBOX', 'DROPBOX' FOLDERS, AND/OR ANY OTHER FOLDER WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO LINK TO DROPBOX. Is this intended for the program to access the files and send them to the server? Or does this mean the bad…

Read it again, you will see that "Your computer" is then limited to "Files placed in" a certain location. This is required for their service to work ...

I see the difference between Dropbox and Amazon terms, but I cant avoid asking myself If legally they are just the same.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Post by girishkolari »

According to me Amazon Cloud Drive -- is targeting to the users who have data in cloud and want to get some better services around their data -- more towards the amazon services, this is good for people who use amazon services.

Dropbox do more then what Amazon Cloud Drive does --- it is more concentrated at data in your system and cloud storage as way to make it work.

Amazon CloudDrive is more on data at your cloud and Dropbox is a solution to the data at you system. I still use my system as my primary storage for my data -- for me Dropbox/IDrivesync make lot of value.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Post by kanak »

nhangen wrote: post #39
kunjaan wrote: post #31

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I don't think what Dropbox does can be considered a version control. It has versioning of some kind but is very mediocre. I have had problems syncing large files using Dropbox between computers. Plus I would never be able to afford $99 for 50GB for a year.

Plus I would never be able to afford $99 for 50GB for a year. huh?

If your needs aren't met by dropbox's free plan, the cheapest plan they offer is $99 for 50 GB a year.

In comparison, amazon is offering 100 GB for the same $100 a year, and even has cheaper paid plans (e.g. $20 per year for 20 gb).

So, dropbox is currently expensive on two fronts; Amazon gives more GB/$ and also has lower-priced plans for more modest needs.

This is a big win for some users, like kunjaan and me, because we haven't been too thrilled with Dropbox's syncing abilities (tons of "conflicted copies" everywhere). Furthermore, a large portion of our data doesn't need to be synced; it simply needs to be available. This includes data like ebooks, music collection, pictures.

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Post by kanak »

vyrotek wrote: post #37
vidar wrote: post #7

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They don't want to make the music industry mad is my guess, same for video and movies.

I believe I read somewhere here on HN that DropBox actually only stores a single version of a file. If you try to sync a file that someone else already has then you never really upload the file. Your dropbox just has a 'pointer' to the same file. Seems like that would throw an interesting twist into the music/movie copyright battles. You could in theory upload and consume a lot of content that you never really 'uploa…

> I believe I read somewhere here on HN that DropBox actually only stores a single version of a file.

This is definitely true. For example, if you put a video show you got off of eztv in your dropbox, the upload is instantenously complete. Why? because someone else has already put that file into dropbox so you don't need to upload it as well.

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Post by nhangen »

kanak wrote: post #43
nhangen wrote: post #39

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Plus I would never be able to afford $99 for 50GB for a year. huh?

If your needs aren't met by dropbox's free plan, the cheapest plan they offer is $99 for 50 GB a year. In comparison, amazon is offering 100 GB for the same $100 a year, and even has cheaper paid plans (e.g. $20 per year for 20 gb). So, dropbox is currently expensive on two fronts; Amazon gives more GB/$ and also has lower-priced plans for more modest needs. This is a big win for some users, like kunjaan and me, beca…

$99/year, regardless of whether Amazon is cheaper, is not expensive.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Post by brianobush »

nhangen wrote: post #45
kanak wrote: post #43

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If your needs aren't met by dropbox's free plan, the cheapest plan they offer is $99 for 50 GB a year. In comparison, amazon is offering 100 GB for the same $100 a year, and even has cheaper paid plans (e.g. $20 per year for 20 gb). So, dropbox is currently expensive on two fronts; Amazon gives more GB/$ and also has lower-priced plans for more modest needs. This is a big win for some users, like kunjaan and me, beca…

$99/year, regardless of whether Amazon is cheaper, is not expensive.

or just find a bunch of people and refer them to dropbox. I have over 10 gig just from referrals. Mind you then you become so dependent on it that once the free space is in use, you will have to upgrade. However at that point, you will gladly pony up $99.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Post by podperson »

kunjaan wrote: post #31
podperson wrote: post #30

Um: DropBox has an API. DropBox does version control. DropBox syncs. Cloud Drive has no API yet. Doesn't do version control. Doesn't sync. (But it is half as much per GB as DropBox.) Oh and it has a half-assed media player. The problem is that unless you give us 50GB+ for free, the space difference and cost difference are pretty much irrelevant.

I don't think what Dropbox does can be considered a version control. It has versioning of some kind but is very mediocre. I have had problems syncing large files using Dropbox between computers. Plus I would never be able to afford $99 for 50GB for a year.

If Amazon's pricing hurts DropBox then DropBox will probably chance its pricing. DropBox's pricing was determined before Cloud Drive appeared. If it turns out that convenience and functionality don't matter as much as cost per GB then DropBox will be forced to adapt.

I suspect you could wait a while for convenience and functionality to not matter.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive Is Not Dropbox

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Post by kunjaan »

nhangen wrote: post #45
kanak wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If your needs aren't met by dropbox's free plan, the cheapest plan they offer is $99 for 50 GB a year. In comparison, amazon is offering 100 GB for the same $100 a year, and even has cheaper paid plans (e.g. $20 per year for 20 gb). So, dropbox is currently expensive on two fronts; Amazon gives more GB/$ and also has lower-priced plans for more modest needs. This is a big win for some users, like kunjaan and me, beca…

$99/year, regardless of whether Amazon is cheaper, is not expensive.

Why?
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