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I agree to an extent. Dropbox is the superior product from a 'just works' point of view. I really want to support them but they're just not priced competitively

I agree to an extent. Dropbox is the superior product from a 'just works' point of view. I really want to support them but they're just not priced competitively in our locale. Is a 1TB family plan for $10NZD per month (not $10USD which is like $4000 NZD /s) too much to ask? Microsoft have a $7.99 NZD per month O365 plan that includes Email and 1TB OneDrive. I can also buy O365 Home Premium (5 user including thick apps and Skype credit) for less than $10 per month ($99 NZD per year) -- and that's for 5 users. Microsoft are consistently adding value to their O365 offering, its only a matter of time until they nail the "Dropbox" level of quality on OneDrive and then Dropbox won't be relevant anymore. They need to bring that price point down for the different locales. $120USD per year is just too much.

bad_user 9y ago
> I can also buy O365 Home Premium (5 user including thick apps and Skype credit) for less than $10 per month ($99 NZD per year) -- and that's for 5 users. I have an Office365 subscription that I don't use. Their OneDrive client is shit and they don't do file version history, which means that files are very vulnerable to mistakes and ransomware. With OneDrive you basically get exactly what you're paying for. > Microsoft are consistently adding value to their O365 offering One way of looking at that is the quality of their offering is so bad that the only way to go is up. If you objectively analyse their price, Office 365 is in fact overpriced. For example I spent about $20 on Apple's Keynote and it was a one time fee that happened 3 years ago. It's still the best presentation software for me. And personally I have important data, like a big family photos archive, a lot of documents, presentations I did, stuff I found interesting, etc. The cost of losing it would be pretty high. I'm very frugal in general, but I don't mind paying for email and storage.

bad_user 9y ago

> I can also buy O365 Home Premium (5 user including thick apps and Skype credit) for less than $10 per month ($99 NZD per year) -- and that's for 5 users. I have an Office365 subscription that I don't use. Their OneDrive client is shit and they don't do file version history, which means that files are very vulnerable to mistakes and ransomware. With OneDrive you basically get exactly what you're paying for. > Microsoft are consistently adding value to their O365 offering One way of looking at that is the quality of their offering is so bad that the only way to go is up. If you objectively analyse their price, Office 365 is in fact overpriced. For example I spent about $20 on Apple's Keynote and it was a one time fee that happened 3 years ago. It's still the best presentation software for me. And personally I have important data, like a big family photos archive, a lot of documents, presentations I did, stuff I found interesting, etc. The cost of losing it would be pretty high. I'm very frugal in general, but I don't mind paying for email and storage.