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> There's no way to get around it, either. Even if you want to roll your own, you're still ultimately using AWS or another cloud provider. You don’t seem to ha
by rTX5CMRXIfFG 5y ago
> There's no way to get around it, either. Even if you want to roll your own, you're still ultimately using AWS or another cloud provider.
You don’t seem to have read the article. It expressly states there that Syncthing uses disk storage.
And you’re strangely proud about not getting this whole thing and wanting a multi-billion dollar company to do it all for you, but you’d be first to cry muh freedome muh human rights when the company’s TOCs change and you start getting censored and you lose ownership of your own files, which already happens today.
- 999900000999 5y agoI did read the article, presumably most people would sink their files to some cloud provider like AWS. You might have an EC2 instance which periodically syncs with your local files. https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-insise5hc6mm2 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-insise5hc6mm2 It's just what it is, so let's say AWS suspends your account, for some mysterious reason. You'll lose access to your EC2 instances
- 1MachineElf 5y agoI don't know anyone who uses Synching with any type of cloud-based instance, so I'm not sure this is a real issue for Syncthing users. It's all P2P file synchronization between their own devices.
- 999900000999 5y agoThen why does the author even compare the two? I can do this with time machine, or by just copying to a network drive.
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 5y agoBecause the purpose of the comparison is to show how spammy the mainstream products have become.
- choward 5y agoI believe the other was comparing the feature of being able to sync between devices. In the case of Dropbox one of those devices happens to be a third party server ran by a multi billion dollar company. The author doesn't seem to care about that device. But if the author did want a third party server storing data they could choose any cloud provider on the planet and run syncthing. You could also do the same thing with Dropbox however one of those third party servers will always be the actual Dropbox server. But if they decide they don't like you anymore and block you from that server nothing else will work anymore. So in summary syncthing gives you the same thing with more control so you aren't at the mercy of one money hungry corporation.
- 999900000999 5y agoRight, but this ignores the entire purpose of Dropbox for most people. There's an Indian proverb which says something along the lines of don't judge an elephant for being unable to climb trees. I think it applies here