So this becomes "You are not paying, so you are the product" with a twist. As the premium plan gets cheaper, the more friends you invite, the saying goes something like this: "If you are not paying, you sell your friend's data as a product?" Sorry, but that is some twisted pyramid scheme imho.
Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends
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#13I really dislike the fact that this is totally anti-privacy which is one of the hottest topics in cloud file storage today. Everyone is asking for things to be more secure, and people are willing to pay for storage and security when they need it. This is solving the wrong problem.
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#15Won't let me drop a directory of files in, because one of them is a bittorrent file (why are you looking so carefully at the types of my files?) mp3s don't seem to come back bit-identical, obviously some editting going on remotely. So, don't trust this with files where you actually care about your data not getting "adjusted".
Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends
#16Won't let me drop a directory of files in, because one of them is a bittorrent file (why are you looking so carefully at the types of my files?) mp3s don't seem to come back bit-identical, obviously some editting going on remotely. So, don't trust this with files where you actually care about your data not getting "adjusted".
How about a zip file?
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#17Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends
#18I really dislike the fact that this is totally anti-privacy which is one of the hottest topics in cloud file storage today. Everyone is asking for things to be more secure, and people are willing to pay for storage and security when they need it. This is solving the wrong problem.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the privacy advocates are the target market for this site. I also believe that the cloud has proven people are willing to forgo some privacy in exchange for the ease of use/access. I don't take part is such activities, but many seem to.
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#20Don't get me wrong $9/mo for unlimited data sounds nice but there is no way I am using my upload pipe to move my 10-12TB of media into a cloud that I know nothing about and could shut down next month.
To be fair I doubt I am the user they are targeting. It's not a "All your media in the cloud" but rather "A way to share one-off video/picture/music in the cloud which is not something I am interested in at all.