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A rule of thumb is that the more you pay for online services, the more pleasant, more privacy-respecting, and better support you have in the services you use. I
by vortico 8y ago
A rule of thumb is that the more you pay for online services, the more pleasant, more privacy-respecting, and better support you have in the services you use. I use email hosts, file hosts, git hosts, and video hosts that are quite expensive, but the cost is totally worth it when you get used to the quality of service and product you get. There is very little reason for a company to sell your data when they make $200/yr from you. Even a slight rumor based on a misinterpretation of their privacy policy could lose them thousands of customers and thus 6 figures, and unlike the free services that couldn't care less if they lost thousands, they try very hard to keep their privacy policies honest and clear. It's just an application of the saying "you get what you pay for."
- Reedx 8y agoIt would be interesting to check those out - who are the providers?
- vortico 8y agoI don't want to feel like an advertisement, but here are some "expensive" services that make me feel that I'm using their product instead of being their product. The following are some services I'm proud to pay their amount for. https://www.fastmail.com/ https://www.fastmail.com/ for email https://vimeo.com/ https://vimeo.com/ for 4K HD video uploads https://www.backblaze.com/ https://www.backblaze.com/ for backup https://www.rackspace.com/cloud/files https://www.rackspace.com/cloud/files for sharing files and photos to people https://www.shopify.com/ https://www.shopify.com/ for processing payments for my company https://www.linode.com/ https://www.linode.com/ for frontend hosting https://www.heroku.com/ https://www.heroku.com/ for app hosting I don't use online services for calendars, project management, to-do lists, etc. so I can't help there.