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Probably not as such users are just a vocal minority, and probably not enough to use as a consumer group.
by geoah 8y ago
Probably not as such users are just a vocal minority, and probably not enough to use as a consumer group.
- ofj28 8y agoDoesn’t mean the niche user base isn’t big enough to support a small scale operation Think nerd friendly and minimal, like NearlyFreeSpeech is to domain registrars
- rplnt 8y agoGood example of a small scale niche service that seems to do well (I think): https://www.tarsnap.com/ https://www.tarsnap.com/
- viraptor 8y agoThose little already have syncthing for sync and borg/duplicity systems for backup. (With a backend of choice) Why would they use a service that locks then in to one provider?
- ofj28 8y agoSame reason they use Dropbox: they don’t want to manage all that
- jonknee 8y agoAnd they really hate paying for stuff. Doubly so for things they think are simple and can be done "by myself".
- megous 8y agoAnd you wonder why if this is what they get when they pay.
- marcosdumay 8y agoYou get to either pay to be a second class citizen at some place controlled by somebody else, or invest a few hours into getting a solution tailored to your use-case that won't bring bad surprises. So, why would one pay?