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Well, this pretty much exhausts the pool of people who don't care for the data privacy. On the plus side, those who do want privacy are still waiting for a proper solution, and it is an opportunity. (edit) It is really shocking how absolutely mind-bogglingly ignorant people are when it comes to their data privacy matters. How could any business person in a sane state of mind choose to share its data with some 3rd par…
I'm really happy that they skipped the whole beta/invitation launch.
Remember when Gmail launched and it was like 10-100 more free space than other similar services? I was hoping Google would have done that here, but rather it still feels like they are trying to play catch up.
I think a lot of people who only use free Google stuff will now start paying them a bit of money for this service.
What might go wrong? (This is a test of imagination, not confidence.) Google might finally unleash GDrive and steal a lot of Dropbox's thunder (especially if this takes place before launch.)... From Dropbox's 2007 YC Application, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27532820/app.html I love reading old YC applications. I wonder if someday, they'll become the 21st century version of Harvard Business Review case studies.
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Where do you see that? It says 25GB for $2.49/month - which is still great.
In the pricing page of My Account it says: Select a plan: 20 GB ($5.00 USD per year) 80 GB ($20.00 USD per year) 200 GB ($50.00 USD per year) 400 GB ($100.00 USD per year) 1 TB ($256.00 USD per year But in the blogpost it says:"You can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month" They should probably get that sorted out.
As a satisfied (and paying) Dropbox user, Google is pushing all the right buttons for me with this: - More storage space, lower price - Ecosystem for 3rd-party apps - Integration with existing Google services and two-factor authentication I like Dropbox and would love to keep using them, but they will need to respond strongly and quickly if they want to keep my business.
Interesting... they are not just going after Dropbox with Google Drive, but also Evernote. "Search by keyword and filter by file type, owner and more. Drive can even recognize text in scanned documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology."
Here's the most important paragraph in the blog post that most people will gloss over (because Google glossed over it): "Drive is built to work seamlessly with your overall Google experience. You can attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+, and soon you’ll be able to attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail. Drive is also an open platform, so we’re working with many third-party developers so you can d…
I recently upgraded to Dropbox @ $199/yr for 100gb to archive our digital photos. Yesterday MSFT skydrive offered 100gb for $50/yr. Today GOOG offers 400GB for $100/yr or 1TB for $256/yr. As a consumer with "offsite backup" in mind, there doesn't seem to be an inherently high switching cost to move services away from DropBox. As a result I think that they're going to need to reassess pricing strategy within the year.…
I recently upgraded to Dropbox @ $199/yr for 100gb to archive our digital photos. Yesterday MSFT skydrive offered 100gb for $50/yr. Today GOOG offers 400GB for $100/yr or 1TB for $256/yr. As a consumer with "offsite backup" in mind, there doesn't seem to be an inherently high switching cost to move services away from DropBox. As a result I think that they're going to need to reassess pricing strategy within the year.…
I saw the same pricing as you did but it _just_ changed as I refreshed the page a second time. 1 TB now costs $49.99 per month, or $600/year. This is a substantial jump from $256/year and means it's no longer an attractive proposition...