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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 krishna2 »

What a nice opportunity that Microsoft squandered - they should've stuck out with the 25GB free option (Like they had for existing users) - that would make today's announcement so little. Marketing win and perception win! (just like what gmail did back in April 2004). After all, their data did show that less than 1% of users cross 7GB - so they should've trusted that and went along with it.

Also, it would now makes sense for Dropbox to go even bigger - as in build their own data center, storage network ..etc (ala crashplan..etc). Being on top of s3 would allow one to be only as cheap as s3 can be.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by sorenbs »

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...

Looks like the old price plan only buys you storage for gmail, picasa and docs (and not Drive) http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

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Post by ohgodthecat »

SODaniel wrote: post #190
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.

I use and pay for spideroak I just wish your client was a bit better. Hopefully you guys are working on it still.

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Post by gnaffle »

daeken wrote: post #218
huhtenberg wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You using Facebook is not a problem, because it doesn't affect me . However if you decide to use GMail or GA or Google Fonts or gWhatever, then it forces me into the picture and I really do not appreciate it. How would you feel if a private company would give away free surveillance cameras to the store operators in return for telling them how many people walked through their doors? Or how would you like your real-est…

> You would let someone observe you taking a shit in return for a free roll of tissue paper? This is wrong. Holy slippery slope, Batman! There are plenty of reasonable arguments against Facebook, Gmail, etc etc. You went straight past all of them into tinfoil-hat territory without a second glance. Arguments about surveillance cameras, free toilet paper, and other nonsense have absolutely no place in discussions about…

Actually, when someone equates giving up privacy to a simple monetary transaction, I think it's right calling that out as wrong.

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Post by tlogan »

davidwurtz wrote: post #214
tlogan wrote: post #169

I just installed. And it seems like I cannot edit Google Docs using MSWord/OpenOffice on my computer... I though that is point of GDrive. Am I missing something?

Google docs are meant to be edited on drive.google.com But if you drag MSWord docs into your local google drive folder, it will upload and sync to all your devices.

Now I understand why Drew and company are not worried at all...

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Post by grandinj »

lee wrote: post #211
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.…

If you just wanted an offsite backup option, you should check out the startup backblaze.com They're offering unlimited storage for $4/month.

Backblaze doesn't know how to work through proxies. I mean, seriously.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by tomkarlo »

jonknee wrote: post #180
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…

> How could any business person in a sane state of mind choose to share its data with some 3rd party company. Every company has to share its data somehow. You probably aren't your own ISP, or web host, or even land lord. Your company's health insurance provider knows all of your employees and even which ones are sick. Your employees likely have information on their phones and laptops about your company. Etc etc. Goog…

Not to mention proper support for two-factor authentication, which most smaller email systems don't have (especially in-house corporate setups.) Shared services can devote more resources to security because they're splitting the result over a greater number of users.

Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really

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Post by boundlessdreamz »

jimmar wrote: post #134
jimmar wrote: post #75

The official blog says you can buy 100 GB for $4.99 a month. If I go to my google accounts settings page to try to buy it, itsays 200 GB for $50 a year. Something is not lined up correctly. I'd pay $50 right now and get rid of Carbonite if I thought it would pay off, but I don't want to get stung paying $50 for the wrong type of storage.

Well, I went to Google Drive again, and this time when I clicked the upgrade button I saw the pricing consistent with the official announcement.

If you had purchased 200GB for $50 you could have used it for Drive - http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...
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