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I don't care how smart your technology is, representing your product as "infinite storage" is inaccurate and misleading. There is obviously no such thing as inf

by seldo 15y ago

I don't care how smart your technology is, representing your product as "infinite storage" is inaccurate and misleading. There is obviously no such thing as infinite storage on a finite device, and saying you don't have to use a "clunky web service" implies it's not a web service, when it obviously is. I respect their need to find a sexy way to sell a cloud-storage-and-sync product, especially since it's an increasingly crowded space, but this seems a bit sleazy.

cleverjake 15y ago
what would you call a service that allows you to upload an unlimited amount of files then? I honestly felt it sounded like most of "unlimited" plans - backblaze, yahoo inbox, amazon prime, etc
- seldo 15y ago
  My problem is not the "unlimited" part so much as the way it obfuscates the fact that it achieves this by storing your files online. To a technologist it's obvious what's going on; to the average user watching this video, I don't think it's clear that this product requires Internet connectivity to function -- in a couple places, it even appears to suggest that it doesn't, e.g. the "clunky web service" line.
  - cleverjake 15y ago
    Understood, but I think that everyone save the most novice of all users understands that any subscription service they are paying for is not a piece of hardware. And therefore, since you cannot increase storage on a harddrive, it must go somewhere other than your computer, which implies a connected network. Am I being too optimistic?
    - itsnotvalid 15y ago
      Clearly they need to work on a better video. The disrupt showcase was much more informational on those aspects. They mentioned caches, pricing, etc.
achille 15y ago
They never mentioned it was free. So it's probably pay-for-what-you-use amazon backed storage. I haven't seen anyone complain about Jungledisk using the "Unlimited cloud drive storage" tagline.
- sp332 15y ago
  Oh, I like this interpretation. Unlimited data for unlimited money :)
  - persona 15y ago
    maybe :) they announced it at $10/mo.
- itsnotvalid 15y ago
  The finite part is the bandwidth you gonna get. If you can't get them uploaded, you ain't gonna get it filled.
sp332 15y ago
I didn't see anything that looked like a webapp. It could be like Dropbox, right?
freshhawk 15y ago
Well the "You are at the back of the queue, but post this link into your twitter or facebook stream and get your beta invite sooner" message after signing up for the beta didn't help with the sleazy/scammy vibe, that's for sure.

by seldo 15y ago

cleverjake 15y ago

what would you call a service that allows you to upload an unlimited amount of files then? I honestly felt it sounded like most of "unlimited" plans - backblaze, yahoo inbox, amazon prime, etc

seldo 15y ago
My problem is not the "unlimited" part so much as the way it obfuscates the fact that it achieves this by storing your files online. To a technologist it's obvious what's going on; to the average user watching this video, I don't think it's clear that this product requires Internet connectivity to function -- in a couple places, it even appears to suggest that it doesn't, e.g. the "clunky web service" line.
- cleverjake 15y ago
  Understood, but I think that everyone save the most novice of all users understands that any subscription service they are paying for is not a piece of hardware. And therefore, since you cannot increase storage on a harddrive, it must go somewhere other than your computer, which implies a connected network. Am I being too optimistic?
  - itsnotvalid 15y ago
    Clearly they need to work on a better video. The disrupt showcase was much more informational on those aspects. They mentioned caches, pricing, etc.

achille 15y ago

They never mentioned it was free. So it's probably pay-for-what-you-use amazon backed storage. I haven't seen anyone complain about Jungledisk using the "Unlimited cloud drive storage" tagline.

sp332 15y ago
Oh, I like this interpretation. Unlimited data for unlimited money :)
- persona 15y ago
  maybe :) they announced it at $10/mo.
itsnotvalid 15y ago
The finite part is the bandwidth you gonna get. If you can't get them uploaded, you ain't gonna get it filled.

sp332 15y ago

I didn't see anything that looked like a webapp. It could be like Dropbox, right?

freshhawk 15y ago

Well the "You are at the back of the queue, but post this link into your twitter or facebook stream and get your beta invite sooner" message after signing up for the beta didn't help with the sleazy/scammy vibe, that's for sure.