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Won'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".
If you scroll right the site breaks.
The logo looks a bit creepy to me.
If it's free, you're the product.
I 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.
Or they don't understand exactly what they are trading away in exchange for the free service.
Which would be understandable, since it's not like any of those services go out of their way to explain it to them. It's just marketed as a free lunch.
There is no way of getting information about the company on the company website, you have to go to the company web app.
So you get free unlimited storage, ad funded and to target you better with advertising they look at your content. This is hidden in the Terms of Service. https://beta.hive.im/terms/
At the company web app, there is no information about the company, the backers, the people etc. The 'about section' of the company is a bunch of marketing speak https://beta.hive.im/about/
There is an address if you look hard enough - in the Privacy section. https://beta.hive.im/privacy/ It is in Hong Kong. There is no information about team, backers etc.
Best of luck to anyone that tries this.
I am a heavy user of Plex and have about 600GB of video in my Dropbox via Plex Cloud Sync. Hive has no desktop client as far as I can see which is already a deal breaker as the machine I browse on is not the machine my video is stored on. On top of all of this we have no clue how they plan to offer this free storage other than "Ads". Don't get me wrong $9/mo for unlimited data sounds nice but there is no way I am usi…