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Doesn't seem wise to entirely trust your data to a single entity. Can we be sure dropbox will still exist in 5, 10 years time? What happens when your net conne
by kirchhoff 16y ago
Doesn't seem wise to entirely trust your data to a single entity. Can we be sure dropbox will still exist in 5, 10 years time?
What happens when your net connection fails?
Local storage will forever be around, in some form.
- Swannie 16y agoMillions of people don't appear to share your concern when it comes to their personal email accounts, which are arguably more valuable than a few documents... Actually the majority of computer users have no form of backup, despite how easy it should be. Lose your laptop/iPhone/hdd crash, and many people find themselves lost with no backup. Of course local storage will be around, in some form. But my guess is that that form will just be a cache, and for some people, a mirror of everything on a small box (NAS/plugpc type device) at home, which they can take everywhere for convenience.
- kirchhoff 16y agoFair point, although with email we're talking (for the majority of users) about huge companies which will almost certainly linger.
- tybris 16y agoIt seems like Dropbox is going to be a pretty big company, and their infrastructure largely runs on Amazon.com, which is a company with more revenue than Google.