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I migrated away from Google Cloud storage this year given their announcement. The Microsoft office 365 family deal made at more sense. I can't see myself using

I migrated away from Google Cloud storage this year given their announcement. The Microsoft office 365 family deal made at more sense. I can't see myself using Google cloud storage in the future given the premium they're charging. Moving the data wasn't that hard.

izacus 6y ago
"Premium" being 2.5$ a month for 200GB of storage space?
- Alupis 6y ago
  Well, in fairness, Microsoft's Office365 subscriptions conveniently include 1TB of OneDrive storage. So, if you already need the other Microsoft Office apps, and are already going to pay for them, you essentially get 1TB of cloud storage "for free".
  - londons_explore 6y ago
    Bundling a spreadsheet app with photo storage ought to be against some competition rule... Just like Amazon has taken over so many markets with Prime...
    - gruez 6y ago
      Disagree. As Steve job puts it: dropbox (and cloud storage in general) is "a feature and not a product".
      - Alupis 6y ago
        While I agree it shouldn't be against some law or anything - we'd be kidding ourselves if we didn't assume this was a calculated move to edge people into Office365 vs. GSuite/LibreOffice + DropBox, etc... 1TB is huge, and nobody can compete with that "for free" right now. Although, as a heavy OneDrive user, I'll tell you it's not nearly as good of a product as DropBox or even Google Drive (in my limited experience with both). The name of the OneDrive folder cannot be changed, it limits how large of a file you can sync into it, routinely gets "stuck" syncing forever (requiring a hard reset of OneDrive), has rate limited downloads, etc. It's clearly an afterthought for Microsoft - probably because they give it away for free.
    - LegitShady 6y ago
      It's not photo storage it's general cloud storage. And it's not a spreadsheet app it's the an office suite. It's a much better deal than Google's cloud storage. That excel kicks the pants off Google sheets is just a bonus.
- LegitShady 6y ago
  Microsoft charges less per user for 1tb and msoffice 365 if you can find 5 family members to share the family plan with. So yes if if an get it elsewhere for cheaper it's a price premium.

izacus 6y ago

"Premium" being 2.5$ a month for 200GB of storage space?

Alupis 6y ago
Well, in fairness, Microsoft's Office365 subscriptions conveniently include 1TB of OneDrive storage. So, if you already need the other Microsoft Office apps, and are already going to pay for them, you essentially get 1TB of cloud storage "for free".
- londons_explore 6y ago
  Bundling a spreadsheet app with photo storage ought to be against some competition rule... Just like Amazon has taken over so many markets with Prime...
  - gruez 6y ago
    Disagree. As Steve job puts it: dropbox (and cloud storage in general) is "a feature and not a product".
    - Alupis 6y ago
      While I agree it shouldn't be against some law or anything - we'd be kidding ourselves if we didn't assume this was a calculated move to edge people into Office365 vs. GSuite/LibreOffice + DropBox, etc... 1TB is huge, and nobody can compete with that "for free" right now. Although, as a heavy OneDrive user, I'll tell you it's not nearly as good of a product as DropBox or even Google Drive (in my limited experience with both). The name of the OneDrive folder cannot be changed, it limits how large of a file you can sync into it, routinely gets "stuck" syncing forever (requiring a hard reset of OneDrive), has rate limited downloads, etc. It's clearly an afterthought for Microsoft - probably because they give it away for free.
  - LegitShady 6y ago
    It's not photo storage it's general cloud storage. And it's not a spreadsheet app it's the an office suite. It's a much better deal than Google's cloud storage. That excel kicks the pants off Google sheets is just a bonus.
LegitShady 6y ago
Microsoft charges less per user for 1tb and msoffice 365 if you can find 5 family members to share the family plan with. So yes if if an get it elsewhere for cheaper it's a price premium.