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Title might be better as: Syncthing is everything I used to love about computers.

tromp 6y ago
Yes, I thought this was going to be about the great hobby computers of the 80s, with approachable built-in BASIC interpreters.
- tmountain 6y ago
  Same, a favorite topic no less.
  - retro64 6y ago
    As mine. I'll just leave this here for any other disappointed folks. Mega65 is due to begin taking orders for dev kits next week. I am so stoked: https://mega65.org/ https://mega65.org/ (note that dev kits do not include the final molded case, that should be coming later)
- pvg 6y ago
  A title that isn't deliberately misleading but turns out to be about something other than what you expected is probably a good thing, more often than not.
jonpurdy 6y ago
Title sucks, but I did enjoy reading the review. I'm a Dropbox user since 2009 who recently switched to iCloud Drive. I miss the old Dropbox that just worked and stayed out of the way. Once Dropbox rebranded (2017?) I knew it was the beginning of the end. I cancelled my subscription a couple of years ago and just kept it around for syncing preferences, which I ditched a couple of months ago. iCloud Drive works well enough, but it doesn't indicate whether files are synced (with a checkmark like Dropbox used to do). I typically avoid Apple software because in trying to simplify it they end up making it vastly overcomplicated. I've heard good things about NextCloud but didn't want to self-host. I've tried SpiderOak and Google Drive before and both were just too slow (and Google Drive was very flakey).
- java-man 6y ago
  I use sync.com Canadian, so five eyes. Not end to end encypted, so probably the same level of security as Dropbox or iCloud.
  - archenary 6y ago
    Sync.com claims to be end-to-end encrypted [0]. Is there any indication they are not? [0] https://www.sync.com/your-privacy/ https://www.sync.com/your-privacy/
    - java-man 6y ago
      JS gets loaded from a sync server, no verifiable open source client, no documentation explaining security architecture. It may or may not be E2E encrypted.
- UnpossibleJim 6y ago
  So, if I might ask, what people are looking for (in simplest terms): a cloud synching platform that is cross platform, with a decent (or better) UI and a good indicator, that has end to end encryption. To be honest, given the proper team, that doesn't seem like the hardest bill to fill. I will admit, though, finding a tech company that is willing to spend money decent interface and graphic designers is sometimes difficult, but not impossible.
  - njharman 6y ago
    > with a decent (or better) UI I want no UI. It should transparently work like any other filesystem.
    - rsync 6y ago
      I believe this already exists in the form of 'rclone'[1] and I believe that we[2] are the only cloud storage provider that explicitly supports it[3]. Which is to say, we built the 'rclone' binary into our environment such that you can run it remotely: ssh user@rsync.net rclone s3:/bucket/blah /rsync/dir [1] https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/ [2] https://www.rsync.net/products/universal.html https://www.rsync.net/products/universal.html [3] https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html
dang 6y ago
I was just considering making that change when I saw your comment. Good idea! We've changed the title above to that, which is a sentence from the article which more accurately represents what it's about.

Yes, I thought this was going to be about the great hobby computers of the 80s, with approachable built-in BASIC interpreters.

tmountain 6y ago
Same, a favorite topic no less.
- retro64 6y ago
  As mine. I'll just leave this here for any other disappointed folks. Mega65 is due to begin taking orders for dev kits next week. I am so stoked: https://mega65.org/ https://mega65.org/ (note that dev kits do not include the final molded case, that should be coming later)
pvg 6y ago
A title that isn't deliberately misleading but turns out to be about something other than what you expected is probably a good thing, more often than not.

jonpurdy 6y ago

Title sucks, but I did enjoy reading the review. I'm a Dropbox user since 2009 who recently switched to iCloud Drive. I miss the old Dropbox that just worked and stayed out of the way. Once Dropbox rebranded (2017?) I knew it was the beginning of the end. I cancelled my subscription a couple of years ago and just kept it around for syncing preferences, which I ditched a couple of months ago. iCloud Drive works well enough, but it doesn't indicate whether files are synced (with a checkmark like Dropbox used to do). I typically avoid Apple software because in trying to simplify it they end up making it vastly overcomplicated. I've heard good things about NextCloud but didn't want to self-host. I've tried SpiderOak and Google Drive before and both were just too slow (and Google Drive was very flakey).

java-man 6y ago
I use sync.com Canadian, so five eyes. Not end to end encypted, so probably the same level of security as Dropbox or iCloud.
- archenary 6y ago
  Sync.com claims to be end-to-end encrypted [0]. Is there any indication they are not? [0] https://www.sync.com/your-privacy/ https://www.sync.com/your-privacy/
  - java-man 6y ago
    JS gets loaded from a sync server, no verifiable open source client, no documentation explaining security architecture. It may or may not be E2E encrypted.
UnpossibleJim 6y ago
So, if I might ask, what people are looking for (in simplest terms): a cloud synching platform that is cross platform, with a decent (or better) UI and a good indicator, that has end to end encryption. To be honest, given the proper team, that doesn't seem like the hardest bill to fill. I will admit, though, finding a tech company that is willing to spend money decent interface and graphic designers is sometimes difficult, but not impossible.
- njharman 6y ago
  > with a decent (or better) UI I want no UI. It should transparently work like any other filesystem.
  - rsync 6y ago
    I believe this already exists in the form of 'rclone'[1] and I believe that we[2] are the only cloud storage provider that explicitly supports it[3]. Which is to say, we built the 'rclone' binary into our environment such that you can run it remotely: ssh user@rsync.net rclone s3:/bucket/blah /rsync/dir [1] https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/ [2] https://www.rsync.net/products/universal.html https://www.rsync.net/products/universal.html [3] https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html https://www.rsync.net/products/rclone.html

dang 6y ago

I was just considering making that change when I saw your comment. Good idea! We've changed the title above to that, which is a sentence from the article which more accurately represents what it's about.