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Shit happens. It was also possible if all your data was on the hard drive. And Google drive has an offline version of the app, so server downtimes limit the usa
by Achshar 14y ago
Shit happens. It was also possible if all your data was on the hard drive. And Google drive has an offline version of the app, so server downtimes limit the usage but don't make it completely useless. And if my hard drive breaks, it's not like a bunch of very well paid engineers are working relentlessly to bring my hard drive back as quickly as possible. But they are in case of a services like dropbox or drive. And not to mention that the whole backup work is being taken care of.
- recoiledsnake 14y ago>And Google drive has an offline version of the app How useful is that on a Chromebook that comes with 100GB/1TB of cloud storage and ~9.5GB of available local space?
- Achshar 14y agoEven if you have >9 gb of docs, you are not going to use all off them at once. Offline version is to keep a cache of most used/important files. Offline deals with temporary service downtime or network unavailability. It is not meant to provide a complete experience.
- jgroome 14y agoSorry, but you can't seriously compare uptime of cloud-based services to hard-disk failure. I've been using computers since I was 12, so about 17 years, and in that time I've had two hard disks break on me. I'm sure you're going to say you've had a lot more, but if your hard disks are going out of action at a rate even near to how often Google's core services drop out, well, you're doing something wrong. "Shit happens" is never a valid excuse, even for a service provided at no cost to the user.