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"I’d make the exception for Google Drive, OneDrive and whatever the AWS one is." No - no exceptions. We must, as sophisticated 21st century actors, insist tha
by rsync 1y ago
"I’d make the exception for Google Drive, OneDrive and whatever the AWS one is."
No - no exceptions.
We must, as sophisticated 21st century actors, insist that providers (especially providers of critical services) have financial interests that align with our own interests.
I don't care how big the parent is or how much money they have to burn - if it makes financial sense to keep you from storing your backups you need to go elsewhere.
- immibis 1y agoOn the other hand why should you not extract value from someone who is giving you free value?
- Spooky23 1y agoUnless you uuencode your photos and chisel them into stone tablets, stored in your personal salt mine, you’re not serious about backups.
- Spooky23 1y agoYou’re missing the point. Those companies are providing extremely profitable services, of which data storage is a part. Office and Workspace are lines of business with 50-60% margins. Non-nerds are going to screw up backups without good UI. If you want to pay by the drink, like I said, use the hyperscalers.