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Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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I don't care too much about more free space (but it is good).

What I want and need: be able to sync different folders to different accounts in the same computer (I can't do this in Dropbox).

Be able to choose whatever folder I want for the sync.

Be able to 'subscribe' to folders from third parties without affecting my free space.

The first company to do this will win the market. (And it will compete indirectly with SVN and Git when used for documents too).

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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Dropbox can not really have customer loyalty at all. It will take me 2 mins to switch from dropbox to Google drive if they offer more free space...

Absolutely agree! This is good news IMO - Google has far more storage redundancy than Dropbox does, that's for sure. In a pinch, who do you trust to make sure your data isn't kaput? The answer is obvious.

They will keep your data, redundantly, forever. Only your account and access to your own data (including gmail) will be kaput.

Re: Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week

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If it was actually rare, wouldn't Google have nothing to lose by offering the safety blanket of real-live support (even if paid per-incident)?

You can already get paid support.. by having an Apps account. This gets you access to an actual support line for emergency issues like, say, being unable to log in. Not to mention a pretty reasonable SLA. At $50 a year, it's quite nice to have.

Too bad I can't do that for the @gmail account I've been using.
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