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Startup idea: provide cloud backup service through Syncthing. End users install Syncthing and then add a remote host provided by your company that is bound to
by foodstances 5y ago
Startup idea: provide cloud backup service through Syncthing. End users install Syncthing and then add a remote host provided by your company that is bound to their account. That instance just keeps a copy of everything it receives on some cloud infrastructure. Slap a web interface and some modest data retention on it to recover files.
- posix86 5y agoThat's software done _only_ with end users in mind. It's the same model as redhat uses. IT companies suffer from the fact that they resist changing the design of the product s.t. the company offers much less value in the equation.
- rizalp 5y agoHere's hoping storage vendors (Backblaze, Wasabi, etc.) take note and sees this as worthwhile opportunity!
- netflixandkill 5y agoCan already do that with rclone, although a one button setup for syncthing would likely get some play.
- babypuncher 5y agoThat will probably ruin everything the author liked about it in this post, because then you will have to add account creation, verification, ans sign-in steps. The horror!
- benhurmarcel 5y agoIt doesn’t have an iOS app ready though