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Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by mbesto »

gullevek wrote: post #111

Dropbox is still the best OneDrive (I use it at work): if one file fails, all files stop syncing. It sometimes tries to sync some files from teams and just never finishes. It also has very strange file name restrictions. if the file name is bad (eg whitespace at the end) it will just stop syncing anything. Still better than Google Drive as it is a standard folder. if it crashes your data is HERE. google drive (I used…

This. I've also used Box. Simply nothing compares to Dropbox's sync'n capabilities.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by bsharitt »

sylens wrote: post #7

I was a very early Dropbox adopter but eventually switched to OneDrive a few years back because they bundled Office 365 with 1 TB of storage. I just went and looked at the official Dropbox plans to see if there was a family plan similar to the 5 users I get with Office 365/OneDrive...and found their plan/pricing page overwhelming. There's rows upon rows of features to compare across versions like "Traffic and Insight…

I used to be a big fan of Dropbox, but my problem is that they don't have a lower paid tier like Google, Microsoft and Apple have for $2-$3. I need a little more than the free plan offers, but I don't need terabytes of space.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by kasperset »

Dropbox remains for me the best syncing software especially with Delta sync. No issues like file name restrictions that I have encountered in OneDrive. I like Google Photos and it remains my favorite photo storage solution. I find Dropbox more user friendly with features like folder rewind. For sure, I would like cheaper pricing plan with 200GB Storage.

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Post by GekkePrutser »

I would love to have something like this for OneDrive!! Open Source OneDrive support is so poor right now. There's https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive which is OK (I don't mind it being console-only) but it lacks virtual files and syncing my entire box to every system is just not an option.

Even if MS would build a client it would probably be Linux only which still won't help me for FreeBSD.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by GekkePrutser »

manigandham wrote: post #101
toxik wrote: post #94

I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software. 2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them s…

For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

Well found!

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by GekkePrutser »

oefrha wrote: post #91
tome wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anyone understand how OneDrive and Dropbox can be so cheap compared to S3? - 2 TB on Dropbox is £7.99 / month - 1 TB OneDrive is £59.99 / year - 1 TB on S3 is $23.99 / month How can Dropbox and OneDrive be cheaper than S3 at all , let alone after providing value add on top? Is it something to do with lower reliability and availability guarantees? Is it possible to buy direct access to their underlying storage? h…

Most users aren’t storing anywhere close to 1TB. For every user using 1TB there are probably a hundred using 1GB or less. Case in point: I subscribe to Office 365 reluctantly but don’t use OneDrive.

yeah the gym model, in other words

I have 4 O365 accounts and I have 700GB on it myself but the other 3 accounts have nothing. I doubt the average usage is more than 100GB.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by vertis »

toxik wrote: post #94

I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software. 2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them s…

This is just a rip-off of Google Drive.

No-one creates anything original any more.

:troll:

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Post by wiether »

sylens wrote: post #7

I was a very early Dropbox adopter but eventually switched to OneDrive a few years back because they bundled Office 365 with 1 TB of storage. I just went and looked at the official Dropbox plans to see if there was a family plan similar to the 5 users I get with Office 365/OneDrive...and found their plan/pricing page overwhelming. There's rows upon rows of features to compare across versions like "Traffic and Insight…

Dropbox user for personal stuff for many years, I'm definitely not happy about them adding weird add-ons like Paper or even worse, Passwords. Just focus on file sync/storage/sharing. And I absolutely don't understand the family plan, like you have the same storage (2TB) than a Premium account, but you have to share it between multiple people AND pay more. What ?

Also, I use OneDrive at work and even if I like its integration directly within Office (especially Excel), I have issues daily with the sync. Lots of conflicts, lots of "can't sync"... And even if I keep removing it, I keep getting two or three shortcuts on the left sidebar in Explorer and it annoys me quite a lot.

So for now I'm staying with Dropbox but I will have no issue switching ship if I see something better elsewhere or, worse, if they make bad choices.

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Post by tyingq »

tome wrote: post #88
sylens wrote: post #7

I was a very early Dropbox adopter but eventually switched to OneDrive a few years back because they bundled Office 365 with 1 TB of storage. I just went and looked at the official Dropbox plans to see if there was a family plan similar to the 5 users I get with Office 365/OneDrive...and found their plan/pricing page overwhelming. There's rows upon rows of features to compare across versions like "Traffic and Insight…

Does anyone understand how OneDrive and Dropbox can be so cheap compared to S3? - 2 TB on Dropbox is £7.99 / month - 1 TB OneDrive is £59.99 / year - 1 TB on S3 is $23.99 / month How can Dropbox and OneDrive be cheaper than S3 at all , let alone after providing value add on top? Is it something to do with lower reliability and availability guarantees? Is it possible to buy direct access to their underlying storage? h…

Mostly actual use billing vs potential use billing.
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