> I have to admit, I originally thought that Google Drive was the obvious choice over every alternative that existed, but I can see now that I would prefer

> I have to admit, I originally thought that Google Drive was the obvious choice over every alternative that existed, but I can see now that I would prefer an offline or privacy-driven alternative. I'm not being miserable or spiteful when I say I'm really glad this happens. Mono-cultures are dangerous and undesirable, and whether the cause is "network effects" or more active monopoly tactics it's good that there's some drivers towards alternatives. Ultimately, when we have interoperability (by legislation if necessary), people will have the genuine choice to share documents via Google, where their work may be censored or arbitrarily deleted, or through another service. It will not matter whether others in the group use AcmeDocs or GoogleDocs, we will all be able to share and edit via interoperable protocols. But when Google screw up like this, they will lose customers who have no barrier to migrate to another Docs client. That will raise software quality. It would be a real marketplace.