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Why would i ever use Dropbox when there's a better more private option out there like btsync. All you need to do is run your own server which I already do and you basically have the same functionality.
There should have been 2 options for "I continue to use Dropbox despite being against the appointment of Rice" and "I continue to use Dropbox, with no opinion about the Board".
How about one for "I dropped DropBox in favour of an option with client side encryption"? Wuala, SpiderOak, even GDrive/DropBox + EncFS/Ecryptfs/BoxCryptor. So many better options than DropBox for those of us with privacy concerns. And for the more DIY people, there's OwnCloud, git-annex assistant (which supports encrypted remotes!), SyncThing and TahoeLAFS. Anyone know of a good sync client for TahoeLAFS though?
Why would i ever use Dropbox when there's a better more private option out there like btsync. All you need to do is run your own server which I already do and you basically have the same functionality.
Better FOSS versions exist - the best one that I know of (and which I currently use) is http://syncthing.net/
It's pretty absurd that so many people are this willing to attack a woman just because of her political views. This kind of crap is what Fox News uses to claim all liberals are jack-booted fascists just waiting to setup USSR v2.0 here in America.
This is the free market at work.
Why would i ever use Dropbox when there's a better more private option out there like btsync. All you need to do is run your own server which I already do and you basically have the same functionality.
Because setting up and maintaining your own server is a lot more work than a click and a download. And a single server is a single point of failure, whereas Dropbox's architecture isn't, whereas downloads speeds will be limited to your upload speeds when you are away from home, whereas many other reasons such as sharing, and the Dropbox ecosystem.
It's pretty absurd that so many people are this willing to attack a woman just because of her political views. This kind of crap is what Fox News uses to claim all liberals are jack-booted fascists just waiting to setup USSR v2.0 here in America.
I am from nowhere near the U.S. and consider D/R pretty much the same and I immediatly switched from Dropbox and stopped recommending it to anyone. The appointment of mass surveliance advocate to a top position in a tech company that holds your data is a clear "we don't care about you, your rights and your opinon" message to privacy advocates.
I don't want to support a tech company that is strongly integrated with government/government departments/government executives.
Also the appointment of Rice could be a warrant canary, a hint to those paranoid, that Dropbox is not secure for other infrastructural reasons. But that's probably mine personal feel good fantasy:)
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What you really want is "I dropped Dropbox for an unrelated reason". The poll is trying to determine whether the call to boycott dropbox due to Condi Rice's appointment actually got anywhere. The OP's suggested answers would make it easier to answer the original question. Your answer, as I see it, would just add noise.
Yeah, I'm just not sure why anyone would drop it over that specific appointment. It's already clear that DropBox can read your files for shits and giggles. If you have privacy concerns, you're going to pick something where that's not possible anyways. Maybe someone can explain this to me - is it just partisan political crap?
Also, definitely a partisan decision on my part. I'm sure if the appointment was a "liberal/democrat" with a similar record of facilitating NSA snooping, etc, I'd find a way to justify not dropping dropbox.
Why would i ever use Dropbox when there's a better more private option out there like btsync. All you need to do is run your own server which I already do and you basically have the same functionality.