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This really happened a couple of months ago, and really sucks. There aren't that many alternatives to Dropbox if you require both Windows, Mac and Linux client
by mtzet 7y ago
This really happened a couple of months ago, and really sucks. There aren't that many alternatives to Dropbox if you require both Windows, Mac and Linux client support. I ended up settling on Nextcloud (ownCloud fork) hosted by Hetzner[1].
So far it's pretty good. Photo sync works from Phone works perfectly, and the desktop apps are decent enough. I did get bitten by a recursive folder-sync bug [2], which is certainly not of Dropbox quality but at least pull-requests are welcome.
[1] https://www.hetzner.com/storage/nextcloud https://www.hetzner.com/storage/nextcloud
[2] https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/1000 https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/1000
- josteink 7y agoLinux support is already effectively dropped if you use anything beside ext4, so it’s no longer the reliable cross-platform champion it used to be. They’ve certainly lost my goodwill. What a shame.
- Uninen 7y agoI switched to Nextcloud about a year ago and I've been very happy. Firstly, I now have as much disk I need, and secondly, the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you know your files are now in your own control :)
- aerique 7y agoThere's pCloud[1] as well. I've been using it for a couple of years now after Dropbox → Google Drive → Seafile. (And maybe another one I forgot.) They're not perfect but definitely good enough. They reeled me in with a lifetime subscription when I was contemplating buying a NAS for home. Where I've run into syncing issues with them is working in a project directory with Git on Linux and Windows (using Git Bash). The latter (I think) caused syncing issues. Anyway, it's a bit niche and one isn't supposed to do this anyway. Still Dropbox and Seafile seemed to handle this fine. [1] https://pcloud.com/ https://pcloud.com/