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Google One = Google Drive + more space + Customer Service for around $2 a month. Customer Service is not called Customer Service but Google Experts. What does

by sharmi 8y ago

Google One = Google Drive + more space + Customer Service for around $2 a month. Customer Service is not called Customer Service but Google Experts. What does this mean for actual service? The thing I like/jumps out for me is no compressing of images. That is one of the reasons I decided to go with Backblaze for backup. I would still stay with backblaze as I am not so confident about Google keeping the product around. "Your stuff, anywhere". I have managed to setup a upload workflow for Backblaze on my linux machine without going through a browser. Not sure if it is possible in Google One drive. Browsers crash/freeze at the most importune moments. Then I need to restart the upload and pray. There is no way to say upload only the diff (atleast as far as I remember). The extra upload just means increased cost. Still somewhere, someone in Google has finally listened(?) to the community and heard that customer support is needed. This is an excellent step in the right direction, I suppose.

ahofmann 8y ago
> I have managed to setup a upload workflow for Backblaze on my linux machine without going through a browser. Would it be possible for you to share your way of doing this? I would be very interested in B2 access without browser.
- codegladiator 8y ago
  rclone supports B2 https://github.com/ncw/rclone https://github.com/ncw/rclone
- vasili111 8y ago
  Duplicati 2. It is still beta but quite stable.
- digianarchist 8y ago
  Arq supports B2.
ProAm 8y ago
> + Customer Service My skeptical meter just went off the charts.
chaoticmass 8y ago
The no compression thing caught my eye as well, but then I started thinking-- if I actually started using it to archive ALL of my 42MP photos I would start running into the higher cost brackets, and I don't want to pay that much. I still need an archiving solution, but since my photography is only a hobby for me, I would only see using it to archive my favorite shots while I keep everything else on external hard drives.

by sharmi 8y ago

ahofmann 8y ago

> I have managed to setup a upload workflow for Backblaze on my linux machine without going through a browser. Would it be possible for you to share your way of doing this? I would be very interested in B2 access without browser.

codegladiator 8y ago
rclone supports B2 https://github.com/ncw/rclone https://github.com/ncw/rclone
vasili111 8y ago
Duplicati 2. It is still beta but quite stable.
digianarchist 8y ago
Arq supports B2.

ProAm 8y ago

> + Customer Service My skeptical meter just went off the charts.

chaoticmass 8y ago

The no compression thing caught my eye as well, but then I started thinking-- if I actually started using it to archive ALL of my 42MP photos I would start running into the higher cost brackets, and I don't want to pay that much. I still need an archiving solution, but since my photography is only a hobby for me, I would only see using it to archive my favorite shots while I keep everything else on external hard drives.