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Umm... NO. 1. Datacentre has limited responsibility - if your data is lost, refund is the best you can wish for. Frankly, they don't care beyond that. And even

by IYasha 4y ago

Umm... NO. 1. Datacentre has limited responsibility - if your data is lost, refund is the best you can wish for. Frankly, they don't care beyond that. And even if they did, there's usually nothing they can do. 2. Disk-as-a-service - you pay, you get, you stop, you lose. Everything. 3. Oops, your cloud provider blocked your account. For the great justice, for porn, because their stupid government decided that your stupid government is their new enemy, or because it's just Google. 4. You don't have Internet anymore. Earthquake caused by either a volcano or drunk neighbors disrupted your only line. And they're too busy to fix it. 5. You've lost your key. Gaymower. 6. (there may be more)

zvr 4y ago
7. You're about to die and you want your children to inherit this collection of precious data.
- Spooky23 4y ago
  This. We don’t like to think about this, but when my dad passed we were eventually able to find some of his writing and other things that were important to him and us, that we didn’t really know about. His google drive kept his digital stuff safe, but stopped doing so after the credit card shut down.
EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
There is forever.com, they promise to keep data for 100 years at least. I paid $160 for 10GB of storage. They even promise to transcode your videos for you as file formats become obsolete.
- xorcist 4y ago
  > they promise to keep data for 100 years at least Or they go bankrupt, whichever comes first. Statistically speaking I know which I'd bet on.
  - EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
    Their business model is specifically not to go bankrupt, so there is hope ... With interest rates on the rise, and the price of GB consistently deflating, I think economics is on their side. I'm willing to take a 100-year bet).
- fsckboy 4y ago
  > I paid $160 for 10GB of storage That's fine but you're in a thread where I started by saying terabytes.
  - EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
    Of course, you can buy a terabyte from them, just would cost more.

by IYasha 4y ago

zvr 4y ago

7. You're about to die and you want your children to inherit this collection of precious data.

Spooky23 4y ago
This. We don’t like to think about this, but when my dad passed we were eventually able to find some of his writing and other things that were important to him and us, that we didn’t really know about. His google drive kept his digital stuff safe, but stopped doing so after the credit card shut down.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago

There is forever.com, they promise to keep data for 100 years at least. I paid $160 for 10GB of storage. They even promise to transcode your videos for you as file formats become obsolete.

xorcist 4y ago
> they promise to keep data for 100 years at least Or they go bankrupt, whichever comes first. Statistically speaking I know which I'd bet on.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
  Their business model is specifically not to go bankrupt, so there is hope ... With interest rates on the rise, and the price of GB consistently deflating, I think economics is on their side. I'm willing to take a 100-year bet).
fsckboy 4y ago
> I paid $160 for 10GB of storage That's fine but you're in a thread where I started by saying terabytes.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
  Of course, you can buy a terabyte from them, just would cost more.