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Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by brlewis »

artursapek wrote: post #25
brlewis wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your assumption (also the assumption in the article) is that the pricing won't change after it gets easier to fully use the space.

I would be really shocked if Google charged for a service like this, it fits in with Docs and Gmail which have both always been free and have made storage space easier to fully use. If anything, they will profit off of it by people investing in even more storage with them.

Docs and gmail let you slowly fill available space while being exposed to Google Ads. A Dropbox clone would let you fill available space quickly without ads.

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by nextparadigms »

Corrado wrote: post #29

I love Dropbox and Google Drive would have a hard time getting me to switch. Dropbox seems to "get it" when it comes to simple, easy to use file synchronization. The one area that GDrive might wiggle into is making it even easier to use Google Docs. I really like GDocs but I don't use them very much because its just not convenient to do so with local files. However, if I can "upload" a file to a directory on my machi…

We could see much better syncing for Android devices for one. It would be nice if you could have the same kind of syncing that Chrome has when you log-in with your Google account, but for Android. So you could sync everything from SMS messages, photos, videos, documents, and even apps. When you buy a new Android phone, you would just login with the Gmail account, and everything would be there.

I really hope that's where they are going with this, and it's not just a rebranded Google Docs that allows you to store different file types.

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by brlewis »

bradleyland wrote: post #26
wladimir wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not "simply backup". They provide a user friendly synchronization service for files between all your devices. Sure, for simply stashing files there are much cheaper options such as Amazon S3 or simply a friend's linux box in his basement... but it is not entirely a fair comparison.

"They provide a user friendly synchronization service for files between all your devices." .... And users! For a small company who has a geographically dispersed user population, Dropbox is a great tool. The key is the dead simple setup and operation. 1) Install software 2) Use tool Sharing folders is about three clicks from logging in to the website, and you can get there directly through shell (Explorer, Finder) in…

That's (Explorer, Finder, Nautilus) in (Windows, Mac, Linux)

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

esutton wrote: post #19
petenixey wrote: post #16

Dropbox is a brilliant piece of software however it's hard to justify more than $10/month for backup as a consumer. Since 50Gb only now covers my photos and docs, doesn't cover my music and even my photo collection's needs trimming to fit I would move to GDrive very quickly rather than double that spend to get to the next tier. I've long hoped that Dropbox would segment their pricing plans more. It's unsettling havin…

in the dropbox forums company representatives constantly comment that lower price plans are not feasible. That said, I've always been disappointed by companies that make you buy buckets of units (like postpaid cellphone plans) that they know you will never use rather than offering a per unit price. If the cost to provide 1gb of storage per month is higher than 10/50, than charge the higher price, don't hide it by shi…

I do believe them that lower prices are not feasible while they are reselling Amazon S3... this GDrive rumor might be the push Dropbox needs to bite the bullet and buy their own servers.

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by DrJ »

andrewhare wrote: post #7
DrJ wrote: post #4

Google Drive: $5 per year per 20 GB. Dropbox Pro 50 plan, $10 per month for 50 GB "the price of Google Drive looks dirt cheap." wait what?

Google Drive is $5 per 20GB per year . I'd say that's a pretty significant difference.

haha, that's what I get for staying up late.

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by neovive »

tomelders wrote: post #30

It's in areas like this that Google sometimes oversteps the mark and veers dangerously close to "being evil" territory... in MY opinion. As I see it: Dropbox innovated, and they innovated well. It's inevitable that competition would arise, but competition on the scale Google can offer could well mean total annihilation for Dropbox, if annihilation is what Google pursues. Google doesn't "need" to enter this market. An…

I wonder if Google offered to buy Dropbox at any point. Regardless, it's still possible that they would purchase Dropbox for their existing user base, mindshare and tech, as they did with Youtube although they already had a competing Google Video service.

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by nkassis »

nextparadigms wrote: post #32
Corrado wrote: post #29

I love Dropbox and Google Drive would have a hard time getting me to switch. Dropbox seems to "get it" when it comes to simple, easy to use file synchronization. The one area that GDrive might wiggle into is making it even easier to use Google Docs. I really like GDocs but I don't use them very much because its just not convenient to do so with local files. However, if I can "upload" a file to a directory on my machi…

We could see much better syncing for Android devices for one. It would be nice if you could have the same kind of syncing that Chrome has when you log-in with your Google account, but for Android. So you could sync everything from SMS messages, photos, videos, documents, and even apps. When you buy a new Android phone, you would just login with the Gmail account, and everything would be there. I really hope that's wh…

They seem to be moving in that direction. The Google+ application on my phone offers instant uploading of pictures and videos to google+ already which I find rather useful.

Re: Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?

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Post by petenixey »

esutton wrote: post #19
petenixey wrote: post #16

Dropbox is a brilliant piece of software however it's hard to justify more than $10/month for backup as a consumer. Since 50Gb only now covers my photos and docs, doesn't cover my music and even my photo collection's needs trimming to fit I would move to GDrive very quickly rather than double that spend to get to the next tier. I've long hoped that Dropbox would segment their pricing plans more. It's unsettling havin…

in the dropbox forums company representatives constantly comment that lower price plans are not feasible. That said, I've always been disappointed by companies that make you buy buckets of units (like postpaid cellphone plans) that they know you will never use rather than offering a per unit price. If the cost to provide 1gb of storage per month is higher than 10/50, than charge the higher price, don't hide it by shi…

The guys know better than me but with all Amazon's price reductions, 100Gb/year comes to $44.40. There are transfer costs on top of that however there are no longer transfer fees IN to S3 and I would guess that the OUT bandwidth is primarily generated by a small number of files on your machine and probably stays pretty linear past a certain point.

I think those prices were the cheapest viable at the start but it feels like there are more competitive ones now (and that's assuming they're not building their own cheaper datacentres).

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