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Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login

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Post by Dorian12 »

jasonv wrote: post #277
stonesweep wrote: post #235

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I'll add a +1 to pCloud (pcloud.com) - SyncThing doesn't fit my use case (I have no "one device to hold everything", it's all disparate laptops/phones) and I wanted a centralized location to store my encrypted backups and files and stuff. My requirements were integration with rclone and FolderSync (android app) to work natively with their APIs and it works like written on the tin. I was able to use rclone on a cloud…

The pcloud pricing model is interesting/concerning. A one-time, life-time payment?

I am not here to do advertising of pCloud, but I´m 2TB lifetime user of pCloud and I'm using their Encryption add-on as my work position need this extra security for my working stuff. The investment is not high for 2TB, since I’ve been using pCloud for 3 years already, it paid for itself anyway. At the beginning I had some concerns losing my data in case of bankrupt of the company. But here I am – 3 years later, and so far, I’m happy with their services. And to be honest, in these uncertain times we live, I’d rather take the chance and try something new and useful than asking all the time “what if”.

Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login

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Post by Iolaum »

benhurmarcel wrote: post #270
Iolaum wrote: post #35

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Check out the nextcloudpi project. Paid once for the pi/drive/case 4 years ago and been a happy user ever since. It's been so worry free that when I had to move house I had to read the docs again to make sure I do things right. And that's on top of me studying the project well enough the first time I set it up that I ended up contributing some patches. P.S. There are hosted offerings for nextcloud but for a household…

You need to set up a dynamic DNS, right?

Yes. I 've used a free offering from https://freedns.afraid.org/ until I bought a domain of my own. There are other free offerings if you look around.

Look at the documentation for the best supported options.

Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login

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Post by hayliminok »

manigandham wrote: post #360
rhino369 wrote: post #323

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First, I dispute that piracy is really better. Amazon and netflix generally work easier than piracy. My, um friend, has radarr + usenet + plex, and its work pretty well 80%. But subtitles are often a problem. Unpacking/par checking sometimes takes forever. Sometimes the decoder in plex doesn't really work. Sometimes the movie has been DMCA'd off the use net servers. Private trackers involve sucking up to to 15 year o…

There's a big range between generic streaming and setting up all those usenet (which is probably the most complicated of them all). Something like https://put.io/ is far easier while still providing all the control you need over files and usually makes them available instantly.

Oh yes. Especially with the chill institute.

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Post by adithyakk »

mxuribe wrote: post #365
Topgamer7 wrote: post #269

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I mount onedrive on linux pretty well with rclone. 1. Setup rclone with onedrive (you have to copy an oauth token iirc) 2. Run mount nohup rclone --vfs-cache-mode writes mount onedrive: ~/onedrive &

I recall giving rclone a glance...but I thought it was more suited for a 1-way file send? (Like a sort of backup approach) So, does rclone work bi-directionally? In other words, if I add a file to my oneDrive via, say,mobile...as long as I setup rclone it will sync back to my laptop, and vice versa, etc.??

Rclone doesn't support bi directional sync. The only way to do this is to create two different folders and sync them seperately

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Post by mxuribe »

adithyakk wrote: post #384
mxuribe wrote: post #365

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I recall giving rclone a glance...but I thought it was more suited for a 1-way file send? (Like a sort of backup approach) So, does rclone work bi-directionally? In other words, if I add a file to my oneDrive via, say,mobile...as long as I setup rclone it will sync back to my laptop, and vice versa, etc.??

Rclone doesn't support bi directional sync. The only way to do this is to create two different folders and sync them seperately

Ok, yeah that was what I recalled too. Although that does not diminish the coolness of rclone, and I will have other use-cases that requires its use. I just need a bidirectional synch for my linux machines. Thanks!

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Post by Daneel_ »

StavrosK wrote: post #219
Daneel_ wrote: post #206

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I’ve looked at Nextcloud, however it seems to be missing a key feature for me - the ability to store files server-side only. I want a google drive / Dropbox hybrid solution, where I can keep some directories synced and others permanently on the server. Does anyone know a solution that allows me to self-host something like this?

Nextcloud works exactly the way you want, so you may be thinking of something different. Maybe Syncthing?

I've looked at syncthing, however it doesn't have an iOS app.

Regarding nextcloud - it only seems to do full syncronisation like dropbox does. How can I store large shared directories on the server side only? eg, my FreeNAS box has ~20TB in it, and I'd like to be able to access it as a shared directory, but obviously not sync it to my laptop.

Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login

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Post by StavrosK »

Daneel_ wrote: post #386
StavrosK wrote: post #219

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Nextcloud works exactly the way you want, so you may be thinking of something different. Maybe Syncthing?

I've looked at syncthing, however it doesn't have an iOS app. Regarding nextcloud - it only seems to do full syncronisation like dropbox does. How can I store large shared directories on the server side only? eg, my FreeNAS box has ~20TB in it, and I'd like to be able to access it as a shared directory, but obviously not sync it to my laptop.

Just deselect that directory in the app on your laptop.

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Post by js2 »

js2 wrote: post #304
tyrust wrote: post #297

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Huh, fixed it for me on my Chromecast. IIRC it would shrink down to show what was autoplaying next, so when I disabled that it stopped shrinking.

Thanks for the info. It's possible I'm mistaken or that it behaves differently for movies vs TV shows. I'll pay attention tonight and update back here. If it is behaving differently between platforms, that seems like a bug I should report to Netflix.

Confirmed I have the auto play settings off but at the end of a movie just as the credits roll the Apple TV Netflix app shrinks the movie to a thumbnail. :-(

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Post by intrasight »

snicksnak wrote: post #254
intrasight wrote: post #226

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Pay for your content but then torrent the actual viewing experience. Problem solved - on all platforms.

I do torrent movies consistently even though I could watch them directly through my subscription, mainly because of two reasons: A) Usually my VPN is active and I don't want to shut it down just that netflix/amazon allows my to watch something B) I like setting the playback speed to ~1.1 of my media player, which is not supported by any streaming provider I'm subscribed to.

You could setup you VPN just on your torrent client

Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login

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Post by pensatoio »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #53
Ensorceled wrote: post #18

I left dropbox when they changed the full page upsell to "dropbox business" so that I couldn't easily figure out how to skip it and get on with my work. I had a paid pro account at the time. I actually had a conversation with a product manager; I checked the yes you can contact me when I cancelled my account. They simply refused to admit that an upsell was a advertisement and that disrupting my workflow on my paid, p…

Same with the ads for Amazon videos on Amazon Prime. They are ads and I don't want ads. But they don't see it that way (don't get me started on the forced watching of texts on Blue Rays).

If anyone from Amazon video sees this, I want you to know this is the primary reason I’ve ignored hiring requests from that team (and avoided consuming prime content on prime.) The non-optional ads are infuriating.
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