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The API is already open: https://developers.google.com/drive/ https://developers.google.com/drive/

• ajross 14y ago
  But that's an API for chrome apps. You couldn't write a linux-based sync client, or FUSE mount, etc... Basically Linux users have access to the ecosystem of online apps, but not access to the files in the native filesystem (one of the things that makes Dropbox such a killer app). Frustrating.
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  • alecbenzer 14y ago
    * Hm, I wonder if I'll prefer this to Dropbox? * No linux client * Snuggle up closer with Dropbox
  • icebraining 14y ago
    The API seems a simple RPC over HTTP. I don't see why you couldn't write a FUSE adapter based on it.
    • ajross 14y ago
      Yeah, reading further that might be the case. My initial scan said that the apps had to be present in the chrome market and approved. But the REST API looks like it just authenticates via OAuth and does the I/O directly by the client (FWIW: the OAuth authentication would be an annoying step for a background FUSE daemon, but not insoluble). I don't know which is correct.