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Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by AlexandrB »

ch0wn wrote: post #83
jebblue wrote: post #43

Does Dropbox intrusively scan personal files, if not then I'd prefer to go with them since I don't want Google prying into my files.

Why would Google - or any other company for that matter - spend time and money on something as complicated and error-prone like that? They would never be able to sell it to anyone and it could ruin their brand substantially if it ever came out. I don't see why you would even consider this to be happening.

> Why would Google - or any other company for that matter - spend time and money on something as complicated and error-prone like that?

This is a problem of technology. These tend to go away over time (e.g. Youtube's automatic copyrighted content detection). Bottom line is that the ethics and policies of the underlying company make me question the privacy of my data from the get-go.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by ben1040 »

Groxx wrote: post #36

> You can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB. That's... odd. I'm paying $5/year to get 25gb of storage across Docs, Gmail, Picasa, and I see it also applies to Drive (just checked) (which is basically Docs anyway). Considerably less than $2.50/month. The 1TB is less than…

https://www.google.com/settings/storage/

The pricing changed today. It is considerably less attractive now.

It looks like I'm grandfathered into $20/year for 80GB, but if I wanted to go up to 100GB the pricing is now $4.99/month.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by MikeCapone »

Here's one thing that bugs me; Google Drive seems to constantly use between 2 and 3% of my CPU time. That's wasteful. If I was on a laptop, this would be battery time, and on my desktop, I want those cycles to be used for distributing computing science, not random background processes that aren't supposed to be doing anything when idle.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by jl6 »

There is a huge economy of scale working in Google's favor: deduplication. The more users they can de-dupe across, the cheaper their raw storage becomes. To compete, perhaps smaller backup services could agree "reinsurance" contracts with each other, exchanging lists of file hashes...

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by rayhano »

primigenus wrote: post #35

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…

BUT will the experience be seamless and actually replicate a proper file system, OR the current experience of having files on the web (Box, DropBox, SkyDrive) and not being able to attach/read/edit files. Currently you need native integration with these online services in iOS. When will they actually be web based file systems, universally accessible via API?

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by moe »

Smerity wrote: post #96
aresant wrote: post #68

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...

no longer an attractive proposition

Depends where you're coming from...

At $50 per T/month they're 50% cheaper than Amazon S3. That's nothing to sneeze at.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by Groxx »

ben1040 wrote: post #182
Groxx wrote: post #36

> You can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB. That's... odd. I'm paying $5/year to get 25gb of storage across Docs, Gmail, Picasa, and I see it also applies to Drive (just checked) (which is basically Docs anyway). Considerably less than $2.50/month. The 1TB is less than…

https://www.google.com/settings/storage/ The pricing changed today. It is considerably less attractive now. It looks like I'm grandfathered into $20/year for 80GB, but if I wanted to go up to 100GB the pricing is now $4.99/month.

They're doing a lot more with the data now, so I suppose it makes sense. But I wonder how many people would choose the old option for 'dumb' storage. Currently, I would, though that may change in a few months.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by kijin »

driverdan wrote: post #165

Absolutely no mention of how files are protected. Is encryption used? Is it technically possible for a Google employee with proper access to view your files (with private key encryption it'd be impossible)? Should we assume this is this on par with Gmail email attachments (viewable by certain employees)?

> Can Google employees access your files?

Do bears shit in the woods?

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by SODaniel »

huhtenberg wrote: post #21

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…

SpiderOak (https://spideroak.com) offer a Privacy focused backup/storage solution for those so inclined.

We are Eco-system independent, offer enterprise features and focus on zero-knowledge privacy and top-tier security.

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