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Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by jmathai »

sbuk wrote: post #389
aragot wrote: post #297

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. The very obvious thing in the $10 terabyte offer is, Google wants Dropbox and all data hosters out of business. So I trust that Dropbox _will_ be out of business very soon.

Why? Just because Google are going cheap? I'm personally not interested because it's Google. This may surprise many of you, but there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google.

I'm not convinced this is a war that will be won on price alone. Nor will it be won on commodity features (i.e. sync).

Google's advantage is that they can slowly eat away at Dropbox's market share by integrating Google Drive with and marketing it through their other products.

Dropbox's advantage is their existing customer base.

In time I think Google's got the upper hand on this one.

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by tobyjsullivan »

sp332 wrote: post #151
tobyjsullivan wrote: post #104

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I, too, would appreciate a lot more focus on the desktop client. For me, it would be a matter of selective folder synching. Right now, you have to sync the entire drive. My Air only has 128GB SSD. I just want to sync a couple work folders, not my entire 70GB of stored files. Unfortunately, Google's direction is pretty clear and I expect they'll discontinue support for the Desktop client before they ever enhance it.

Do these instructions for selective sync not work? https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375083

Hah, nice! This didn't exist the last time I looked for the feature. Guess I was wrong; they are improving it.

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by Aldo_MX »

ladzoppelin wrote: post #394
Aldo_MX wrote: post #354

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Sadly you can't install SkyDrive in Windows 8.1. I know, I know, it comes integrated with Win8.1, but you can't use a local account, and your options to use SkyDrive with a local account are just nasty workarounds: http://www.ghacks.net/2013/11/09/access-skydrive-windows-8-1...

Yes but once you do have an account, I would say its the best file sync platform available. It never downloads the files until you click on them however it always displays all your files. No initial sync time and no taking up space for files you will never use. Its also safer because the majority of your files are never stored locally.

Do you realize there are legitimate cases where you don't want to use a MS account?

Ex. When you use a domain account managed by someone else (ex. your employer or school)

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by ksec »

I really really wish Dropbox could up their capacity as well.

I want to use Dropbox but it is too expensive.

But i am not sure even at half the storage space of Google is economically sustainable.

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by mrlinx »

NextUserName wrote: post #228
chris_mahan wrote: post #11

per month? That's $120/year, or $360 for 3 years. I think you can buy a couple of 3 TB hard drives for that.

This is still not practical for my use. It is a bit like Lease vs Buy for automobiles IMO. I recently bought 2x2tb drives for $75 each and a 2 bay Synology NAS for $150. Now I have redundancy (mirroring), online access, much faster access to my data, faster backups, And it was dead simple to setup and configure (web based configuration tool, and tool-less hardware). Best of all the data is not subject to surveillance…

Seems pretty awesome. Couple of questions? - DS214se model? - Are the disks encrypted? - Can you remotely upload files over https over some API?

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by bifrost »

msh wrote: post #105
bifrost wrote: post #12

I wouldn't be surprised if this was some attempt to get more of your data for ad analysis. I'd rather stick with Dropbox or AeroFS, at least security/privacy is a priority there.

It was dropbox who let their password protection be disabled so anyone could log in to anyones account(1). I dont see google drive as being less secure, you can still use truecrypt or boxcryptor or encfs. 1: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/110650-dropbox-error-login-w...

Yes, huge failure there on their part but they're still more privacy focused than Google will ever be. Google has a lot of badness to undo before they should be considered safe.

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by tripzilch »

sbuk wrote: post #389
aragot wrote: post #297

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. The very obvious thing in the $10 terabyte offer is, Google wants Dropbox and all data hosters out of business. So I trust that Dropbox _will_ be out of business very soon.

Why? Just because Google are going cheap? I'm personally not interested because it's Google. This may surprise many of you, but there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google.

> there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google.

while I agree with you in principle, there's also quite a lot more people who simply are happy (relieved, even) that they can make the computer help them perform the task they want to accomplish. I'm not even saying that Dropbox or Google is better at this, just that I see people use every day just what's right in front of them and they know they can make work. and because of that they don't seem to have the luxury (even if they have the foresight) of considering what will stick around for longest (or perhaps what's idealistically "right" to choose).

again, I'm not defending this situation. but it does seem (to me) that the majority of people are motivated by this, and cannot afford or consider decisions like whether or not to "simply not trust Google".

Re: Save more with Google Drive

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Post by Karunamon »

dennisgorelik wrote: post #409
Karunamon wrote: post #357

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Didn't it just get merged with Wallet? https://developers.google.com/wallet/

Google Checkout had subscriptions. Google Wallet does not have subscriptions.

Yes it does.

https://developers.google.com/wallet/digital/docs/subscripti...

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