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Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by shaneofalltrad »

foxylad wrote: post #342
SeanDav wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If there is a choice - it is better to place your bet with the company whose main business line depends on the service you are using. Google has a long history of dropping services, because it can. It does not matter to Google that 10k people or 100k people find that particular service useful. Google is not about to drop search and search related ads any time soon - storage services it could drop tomorrow and not car…

Actually the best choice is to store your data with both . This announcement just made that significantly cheaper, and there's opportunity here for a "cloud RAID" offering to take the hassle out of mirroring one's data. Dropbox already has the API, so they could turn this to their advantage.

I say we support Dropbox for secure storage and dump our images and videos on Google Drive and see how long they store that cheap. Don't just buy a g and throw a few things in there, make them earn this low-balling war.

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Post by shaneofalltrad »

fleitz wrote: post #230
untog wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropbox is profitable yeah? Why wouldn't they be around in 5 years? Google's prices are so much cheaper than Dropbox You just answered your own question. Dropbox is convenient because you've already installed it everywhere. Google Drive is already on your Android phone and in your e-mail inbox.

I think that's actually part of the problem, I think of Google Drive as where I put attachments from email, not files and folder on my computer. I can't put my finger on it but Drive just seems clunky, especially with the GMail / Docs integration.

Try it on Ubuntu or Mint then! Talk about clunky, you have no choice but to get the stuff from the web and download. That's why I stick with Dropbox.

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Post by Groxx »

xhrpost wrote: post #124
Groxx wrote: post #71

So they finally got prices below where they were almost two years ago [1]. Still very yay and that's a great deal, but I'll keep my legacy $5/year plan. [1]: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/04/24/google-storage-price...

I have the same legacy plan and had a similar sentiment. However, as pointed out below, the $10/mo for 1TB is technically cheaper per GB/mo than the $5 legacy package. Still, until I need it, I won't bother upgrading.

Yeah, but saying X/month is cheaper GB/month so it's a better deal is like saying buying in bulk is a better deal.

It's true... if you use it. Personally, I'm not tempted by 3 donuts for the price of 2 when I just want one.

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Post by Gustomaximus »

simonsarris wrote: post #9

I think at this point I'm a little more comfortable paying more for a company that I know won't abandon this market. I know Dropbox will be Dropbox in 5 years. How can we be sure Google Drive won't be shuttered in less time? Google is very haphazard with their web properties. Sometimes they shutter them, sometimes they stuff them in the closet. Google Reader, Wave, etc, you know. the stories. What scares me more are…

There is a bit of debate who is more likely to shut down below. I can't answer than myself but if Google did shutdown Drive it would likely be because they want out of the market and would give a long warning. If Dropbox left the market it would probably be because they can't afford to keep the doors open and may close in a hurry if this did happen.

Either way I like the competition and whichever one has better security would be my preference. But in terms of shutting down I think it's important to consider how they would shut down if they did, as much as 'if they would'.

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Post by hrjet »

I welcome this direction. Google needs to make money directly from user, instead of advertisements.

What I don't like is, even after I pay for this, I will still see ads and my data will still be farmed.

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Post by yohanatan »

simonsarris wrote: post #9

I think at this point I'm a little more comfortable paying more for a company that I know won't abandon this market. I know Dropbox will be Dropbox in 5 years. How can we be sure Google Drive won't be shuttered in less time? Google is very haphazard with their web properties. Sometimes they shutter them, sometimes they stuff them in the closet. Google Reader, Wave, etc, you know. the stories. What scares me more are…

Is it really so hard to take the 30 day notice (or more) they would give you and actually download your stuff locally? Or, better yet, just let Google Drive operate in the mode it installs with which keeps local copies of everything anyway?

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Post by enscr »

simonsarris wrote: post #9

I think at this point I'm a little more comfortable paying more for a company that I know won't abandon this market. I know Dropbox will be Dropbox in 5 years. How can we be sure Google Drive won't be shuttered in less time? Google is very haphazard with their web properties. Sometimes they shutter them, sometimes they stuff them in the closet. Google Reader, Wave, etc, you know. the stories. What scares me more are…

2 counter arguments:

1. Dropbox has a high potential to be acquired by a big company when the price is right.

2. Cloud storage service is something that you don't need to be attached to. Use Google till it's good. The day it isn't, simply switch to Dropbox or whatever.

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Post by Groxx »

anu_gupta wrote: post #206
dweekly wrote: post #21

I currently pay Google $5/year for 20GB. I use half of this. I'm supposed to be really excited about what a good deal it is that I can pay five times as much for five times as much storage that I'm not using...?

Well, Google gives you 15GB for free, Seeing as you're only using 10GB, not sure why you're paying, especially as you seem to be quite price sensitive.

I assume they mean "half of the 20gb which was paid for", which would be 25gb of files stored.

I have a similar plan. I've filled up my gmail and picasa/G+ free storage, and am using ~6gb out of the 20 that I'm buying.

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by enscr »

dperfect wrote: post #67

I won't go near Google Drive until they fix some serious longstanding issues with the desktop client. The two that caused me to abandon Google Drive (I even have a free TB for 3 years from my Chromebook Pixel): 1. No way to re-sync existing folders on your computer (seriously). I was pushing hundreds of GBs of photos to my Google Drive, and after syncing everything, upgraded to a new computer (the files were stored o…

Good points.

3. No block level sync. This is a big deal for me since I use big encrypted files (block cipher). They work flawlessly with Dropbox. Incremental changes = incremental update.

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