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Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Re: Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Post by jonnynezbo »

ptwiggens wrote: post #33
jonnynezbo wrote: post #6

I've been waiting on this for a long time. Now Dropbox might actually be a viable, affordable off-site backup solution.

Dropbox isn't ideal for backup at all. Look into Crashplan. Client-side encryption, unlimited versioning, never deletes files, and only $6/month for truly unlimited backup.

I'm already on the CrashPlan Family Plan. I love it. In all reality, I doubt I will get rid of Crashplan any time soon.

Re: Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Post by of »

__xtrimsky wrote: post #12
of wrote: post #2

lol who cares?

I do care about dropbox, it's the only cloud system that works well on linux systems . It used to be overpriced but now the pricing is good. Also Google Drive is terrible on Windows if like me you have a lot of files. One drive is limited to 2GB of file size. I have yet to find a great alternative to it.

I guess I just don't like the name "Dropbox", haha.

Re: Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Post by of »

kenny_r wrote: post #9
s3r3nity wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't downvote, but it wasn't a productive comment -- it was just snarky and condescending. I don't think this is front-page worthy of HN, sure, but anytime someone at Google/Dropbox/Apple does so much as pass gas, people around here get excited.

Helping Dropbox grow is arguably the single greatest achievement of YC to date. I think in that light it makes sense that news about Dropbox gets on the front page of news.ycombinator.com.

I would "argue" that fact, given the chance.

Re: Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Post by jingo »

I've got something I like better than Dropbox. It's called rdiff.

It does one thing only: deduplication.

All the other stuff needed for remote, incremental backups, e.g., moving files back and forth over a network, can be done with other open source tools. I think I have a pretty good command of moving files around with open source software... I do not need a third party to help me via an obfuscated blob of Python and who knows what else.

I like having control over my backups versus trusting it all to some closed-source, third party, "all-in-one" application.

In my mind having control and transparency will always be more powerful than handing over my data deduplication and backup to a third party, such as "Dropbox".

But I imagine there are few others who would agree. Forgive me for not loving Dropbox. Maybe some day I will see the light.

Re: Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Post by lingben »

chmars wrote: post #29

It is disappointing that Dropbox still does not offer any options for secure storage. Personally, you might be fine with unencrypted stories but at least for companies in Europe, having (all) your data with an American cloud provider without local encryption on your side is simply not a legal option … Dropbox is a great service, however, it would be even greater if I could use Dropbox for all my data and not only sel…

Agreed. This was the first thing I checked. Still no client side encryption! Truly unfathomable in light of current world events, competitive offerings and the feasibility of the required technical implementation.

Re: Introducing a more powerful Dropbox Pro

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Post by Styrke »

raymondh wrote: post #44

It is unclear whether the packrat add-on for unlimited versioning is still available for Dropbox Pro.

I think it is only available if you were already signed up for it. I just chose to continue with the packrat add-on for my pro account. It seems like the alternative they are now offering is only extended version history. (which would save changes for a year)
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