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I wouldn't be surprised if Google did finally release the GDrive. This would follow the company's current trend of cloning successful businesses far after a co

I wouldn't be surprised if Google did finally release the GDrive. This would follow the company's current trend of cloning successful businesses far after a competitor has established market dominance. Google+ is actually rather well built, but nobody is going to flock to it when there are numerous other social networks that have the same (or more) features. Dropbox already solves the problem that GDrive would tackle. Is GDrive going to have some killer feature that will entice people to make the switch? Probably not. Also, I'll bet GDrive won't have the platform coverage that Dropbox does, at least initially.

fl3tch 15y ago
Moving your data is much easier than moving your entire social network. It could be a matter of installing the GDrive sync client and pointing it at the same folders you're already syncing.
- joejohnson 15y ago
  But to the non-technically inclined (people who don't read reviews of file-syncing services), they'll be wondering "why do I need this when I already have something that does the same thing?"
  - fl3tch 15y ago
    True. We'll have to wait and see, but I imagine that price and integration with other Google services will be the main benefits.
  - NeutronBoy 15y ago
    That's where Google integration will play into it. You need that file on your Android phone? It's there on the filesystem, no need to open another app. Want to open a file in Google Docs? You click on it in the side panel. Want to share a file on Google+? You just click the name, no upload required. Want to email multiple files through Gmail? Click on them from the nice web interface and don't waste time uploading. Want to post a video to Youtube? Select it from your GDrive, and it appears on Youtube instantly. Etc etc.