Pretty dishonest. They claim you have to manually copy files to and from DropBox, but I've always just used the auto-sync feature. The only files I generate not in my DropBox are the ones in source control.
Plug: the brain of your devices
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Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#52"Ever needed to send hundreds of pictures to a friend? With Plug, we invented a technology to transfer files instantly. No matter their size, no matter their number. That’s also part of our job to simplify storage." How exactly are they planning to make that a reality? Say I've been out filming with my GoPro and my friend wants the clips, or I've taken some photographs with a DSLR (which are at least >5MB in size per…
I suspect that by "transferring" the files they mean "transferring a token allowing the recipient to access the files from your plug". From there, under their (debatable) underlying assumption that accessing files from a plug from your device is fast, it's as if the data has been transferred: recipient can view the files on their device, except they're being fetched from your plug (and maybe copied to their own plug…
I think you're right on the money: http://www.tonidoplug.com/
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#53This seems like it could appeal to a lot of people right now. As seen by DuckDuckGo's recent spike in use, a lot of "regular" internet users are more concerned with privacy. People could use this as a "private" Dropbox that is still easy to use.
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#54Oh wow, I feel so sorry for anybody who has backed this. The promises they make are simply technically impossible on devices such as iPads and iPhones. They also don't say they have actually done anything in that area either, only that they have a prototype for Win/Linux/Mac desktop - probably an unpolished clone of Dropbox.
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#55This seems like a very ambitious project, which is great. It does seem at risk of boiling the ocean. They're taking on: * NAS device with encrypted file storage and UPNP * setting up a VPN * client software for said VPN on each platform (or at least installers that can configure each platform's native VPN support) * multi-device file sync * whole -device file sync, with client software for each platform, presumably w…
All these are already done by our Tonido ( http://www.tonido.com ) and TonidoPlug project and it is available and it works.
If you allow me a humble suggestion as a customer, you should use this as inspiration to rethink your product pages:
the new, Ultimate low-power, low-cost home, small
business server and NAS powered by Tonido platform
Plug makes your computer bigger.
Make all your devices one.
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#56Is that the sparrow logo in one of the screenshots? ...
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#57What does the average "30Mbps" mean in the specifications? Is that the max it can write to a connected drive? Read speed from a drive? Average transfer speed over the network? If yes to any of the above, then isn't this quite slow for anything other than a few small pics and documents?
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
All these are already done by our Tonido ( http://www.tonido.com ) and TonidoPlug project and it is available and it works.
If you allow me a humble suggestion as a customer, you should use this as inspiration to rethink your product pages: the new, Ultimate low-power, low-cost home, small business server and NAS powered by Tonido platform versus Plug makes your computer bigger. Make all your devices one. These guys do have a slightly above healthy amount of fantasy in their copy, but it's a much easier sale.
You are right. They have done a great job on the copy.
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#59It's like git-annex ( http://git-annex.branchable.com/ ) on an embedded linux box with a different front-end and ios support.
Re: Plug: the brain of your devices
#60Oh wow, I feel so sorry for anybody who has backed this. The promises they make are simply technically impossible on devices such as iPads and iPhones. They also don't say they have actually done anything in that area either, only that they have a prototype for Win/Linux/Mac desktop - probably an unpolished clone of Dropbox.
See http://www.tonido.com/ . (Sidenote: tteam posted this; is tteam affiliated with Plug? Is Tonido their previous project?)
What makes it impossible on iPads and iPhones?