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Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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Post by imjk »

rid wrote: post #31
marklittlewood wrote: post #27

Is this a serious thing or are people always blinded by 'FREE'? 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…

After a bit of digging I found the product is built by http://www.qvivo.com

If you have any concerns, here's their support page: http://support.qvivo.com/

Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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Post by msluyter »

andybak wrote: post #35
marklittlewood wrote: post #27

Is this a serious thing or are people always blinded by 'FREE'? 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…

For the uses I have in mind they can pretty much do what they want with my data - including lose it without warning or send it the NSA. But yes - not everyone is going to approach this with their eyes open. As in all things there's a tradeoff. I am perfectly happy with the tradeoff Gmail offers me as long as I am kept informed and I'm happy with the tradeoff here - which is that I don't assume anything as I've never…

Yeah, this is what I was thinking. Though I do have backups of my photos/music, in a worse case scenario in which all my drives were lost/stolen/eaten simultaneously I would lose everything. (This would be unlikely, because one is stored in a safety deposit box.) But a service like this would allow for one extra layer of redundancy with minimal downsides.

Create a giant tar.gz file, encrypt it, and store the encrypted file.

Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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Post by xg15 »

tuxone wrote: post #33

Where can i access my profile? http://i.imgur.com/9zbI6ac.png

I like the big sad " - NO FRIENDS" smiley on the right. Even facebook tried to be polite and avoided any "lol you have no fiends" situation, how ridiculous it ever may be - and those guys rub it in your face instead.

They must have some impressive social network analysis planned if they try so many different tactics to get you to build a large network quickly.

Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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Post by robotresearcher »

jastanton wrote: post #14

So it looks like the general consensus is people are not comfortable being the product. They would rather pay a nominal fee. So it's funny if Hive charged only like $0.99 / month or even $2 / mo I bet this launch would be received a little more graciously.

Young people may think differently.

Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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Post by freehunter »

newscracker wrote: post #40
marklittlewood wrote: post #27

Is this a serious thing or are people always blinded by 'FREE'? 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…

I have to admit they've got a nice enough name. But it's time services stop using the word "free" and instead admit to being "ad-supported" with clear upfront statements about how the business would survive. That kind of honesty would bring in better appreciation from users. On a related note, free does not necessarily have to mean ad-supported if there are good backers, a good product and a good plan for the future…

I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen at some point. Already we're seeing the common app stores show "In-app purchases" next to or instead of the word "Free" to indicate that it's not really free.

Re: Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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Post by freehunter »

andybak wrote: post #35
marklittlewood wrote: post #27

Is this a serious thing or are people always blinded by 'FREE'? 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…

For the uses I have in mind they can pretty much do what they want with my data - including lose it without warning or send it the NSA. But yes - not everyone is going to approach this with their eyes open. As in all things there's a tradeoff. I am perfectly happy with the tradeoff Gmail offers me as long as I am kept informed and I'm happy with the tradeoff here - which is that I don't assume anything as I've never…

Likewise, the biggest use I have for things like Dropbox or potentially Hive is to store my personal collection of guitar tabs that I've curated, so wherever I go I can still practice without having to remember to bring my tabs. I also keep a collection of educational PDFs and ebooks as well as some pictures I found on the Internet that I decided to keep for one reason or another in case I need to link to them on Reddit or send a funny gif to a friend. In college, I would put my notes there as well as homework assignments or group projects that I need to share with classmates. Hell, I don't even care if any of that were to be released to the public, let alone if the NSA or private companies are snooping on it.

Then again, I'm fully aware of the dangers of cloud solutions. Others are not. And that's the problem.

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