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General purpose automated storage solutions are in general hot garbage. There is so much context around what to store and what not to store, how long to store i
by Frost1x 6y ago
General purpose automated storage solutions are in general hot garbage. There is so much context around what to store and what not to store, how long to store it, and how important information is for a user willing to expend and prioritize resources that it's highly variable and subjective on a per person basis.
"Cloud" storage services have taken the "save everything, worry about it later" approach since context is an issue and people are paying for this lack of data storage understanding with service agreements for never ending storage demands.
It's one thing to setup backend infrastructure and manage the storage transparently to the user for your application needs--you're the developer, you understand the context of what is and isn't important in the frame of the application. Here's a case of even that shooting developers in the foot.
- brundolf 6y agoI've never had a problem with Dropbox. In fact I'm extra glad to have it with my iPhone, because it backs up my photos in a way that I actually have confidence in. Unfortunately it can only do so while the app is open, because iOS doesn't expose a third-party API for doing photo backups in the background.
- tokamak-teapot 6y agoIf you give it Location access it wakes up as you move around and does a little backing up until the OS puts it back to sleep. I hardly ever open the Dropbox app manually but I see my photos from my phone appearing in Dropbox when I check on other devices. Slightly delayed (a day maybe) but that’s fine. It’s just for backup. You can check that Dropbox is trying to do this by looking for the ‘Improve Background Uploading’ setting in the app’s settings page, and enable Location access in the OS settings for the app, if that makes sense!