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Anything that doesn't require you to submit to centralized storage under third party control (euphemistically known as "the cloud") has a shot at dethroning Dro
by rickmb 14y ago
Anything that doesn't require you to submit to centralized storage under third party control (euphemistically known as "the cloud") has a shot at dethroning Dropbox.
Especially outside the US, where people, governments and businesses are becoming increasingly weary of having their data stored where US government agencies can get access with little to no legal process.
When companies start using "not stored in the US" as a selling point for their services you have a serious problem.
- mindstab 14y agofair enough to some extent. However since I can't run the software at home, at work, or on my phone, it's still not even on my radar so my point retains some of its validity :)
- GoodIntentions 14y agoIf you aren't adverse to rolling your own solution, do what I do - a really cheap UK hosted VPS + rsync. I can get at it from my phone or desktop and it costs next to nothing.
- herval 14y agoI frankly don't know a single person outside the US who's worried about things being "stored in the US" (nor see the majority of people caring at all about where "in the cloud" is their stuff). But I guess that's just my gut feeling vs yours, in this case..
- bwooce 14y agoYou'll find, for example, the Australian National Privacy Principles forbid hosting Personal data offshore unless you get the permission of that person first. That's a bit unwieldy for most companies. There are other conditions, but letting people's data be subject to the US Patriot act is one of the underlying concerns.
- Shorel 14y agoModify Tortoise SVN to behave like a Dropbox client. Now anyone can manage their own servers, and have several directories/folders synchronized. Problem solved