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Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

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

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Post by sdoering »

So this becomes "You are not paying, so you are the product" with a twist. As the premium plan gets cheaper, the more friends you invite, the saying goes something like this:

"If you are not paying, you sell your friend's data as a product?"

Sorry, but that is some twisted pyramid scheme imho.

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

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Post by azurelogic »

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.

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Post by chrisabrams »

azurelogic wrote: post #3

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.

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

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Post by CJefferson »

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".

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

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Post by rid »

vlunkr wrote: post #5

I wonder what their game is here. Why is it free to share with 100 friends? I can't see that it would be any cheaper for them. Also, 100 friends? When would I ever want to share file storage with that many people?

I think that they're trying to create a viral loop in order to attract advertisers to their platform.

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

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Post by Linell »

chrisabrams wrote: post #7
azurelogic wrote: post #3

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.

I think you're entirely right. Based off of what I saw, this isn't for secure file storage on the cloud. It's for storing photos and music collections that you'd like your friends and family to have access to.

Of course, it does mention documents and such as well, but I'm sure there are plenty of uses for "socially" sharing that type of thing too.

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