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I've seen virtually no use of Google Drive in the wild in my personal life. I've worked at 10k+ orgs that use it exclusively and every minute of every day. I'm

I've seen virtually no use of Google Drive in the wild in my personal life. I've worked at 10k+ orgs that use it exclusively and every minute of every day. I'm not sure where you're getting those stats but a source would be nice. I would suspect that their customer base and/or core usage is made up of far more tech company employees via Cloud and Workspaces than it is average Joes backing up documents.

coldtea 3y ago
>I've seen virtually no use of Google Drive in the wild in my personal life That's what I call a bubble. https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17613442/google-drive-one-billion-users https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17613442/google-drive-one... And that's in 2023. As for the numbers of organizational paying users in 2023 (corporate users) were 6 million, compared to "over a billion" (in 2023). And of those 6 million organizational users of course only a smaller share are developers. Regular file sharing and G-suite stuff for office workers is the order of the day.
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jehb 3y ago
> I've seen virtually no use of Google Drive in the wild in my personal life. Really? I'm curious, are the people you know using Dropbox, OneDrive, or something else? Or are they just not sharing files in a public cloud? I started to retort "how do you even collaborate on spreadsheets with your friends?" before realizing maybe I just have some, err, unique friend groups.
- KnobbleMcKnees 3y ago
  Our friend group also use spreadsheets to decide who is bringing what to the BBQ. In the non tech-centric groups of friends and family, filesystem solutions have been superceded by all-in-ones like Google/Apple Photos, Notes etc. Most people I know also use an iPhone meaning they're driven towards data storage that is built around an app use case, rather than simulating a desktop FS on another device. Many of them use Google or Microsoft solutions for work though.

coldtea 3y ago

>I've seen virtually no use of Google Drive in the wild in my personal life That's what I call a bubble. https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17613442/google-drive-one-billion-users https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17613442/google-drive-one... And that's in 2023. As for the numbers of organizational paying users in 2023 (corporate users) were 6 million, compared to "over a billion" (in 2023). And of those 6 million organizational users of course only a smaller share are developers. Regular file sharing and G-suite stuff for office workers is the order of the day.

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jehb 3y ago

> I've seen virtually no use of Google Drive in the wild in my personal life. Really? I'm curious, are the people you know using Dropbox, OneDrive, or something else? Or are they just not sharing files in a public cloud? I started to retort "how do you even collaborate on spreadsheets with your friends?" before realizing maybe I just have some, err, unique friend groups.

KnobbleMcKnees 3y ago
Our friend group also use spreadsheets to decide who is bringing what to the BBQ. In the non tech-centric groups of friends and family, filesystem solutions have been superceded by all-in-ones like Google/Apple Photos, Notes etc. Most people I know also use an iPhone meaning they're driven towards data storage that is built around an app use case, rather than simulating a desktop FS on another device. Many of them use Google or Microsoft solutions for work though.