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As much as it seems like an interesting service and a problem that no one has quite solved the way I (and I think many others) want, I have a suspicion any comp
by greghinch 13y ago
As much as it seems like an interesting service and a problem that no one has quite solved the way I (and I think many others) want, I have a suspicion any company like this is more likely to be looking to get acquired by someone like Apple, who's surely trying to figure out how to make iCloud be the solution people use for this problem. The thing about archiving photos is, the solution I want is a place to keep them for 30 years, and it's hard to imagine that a VC-funded startup will be that company...
- sthommes 13y agoIn 30 years, my children will be starting to have children of their own. Apple is only 36 years old. Google just turned 15. You're right, this is not a problem for VC's investment attention horizon. People need a solution here that will be around in 300 years...
- epa 13y agoSpend some money and print your photos onto hard copies. They will last much longer than the cloud and will be more secure from theft.
- siculars 13y agoBut more prone to fire, flooding and other general destruction.
- sthommes 13y agoWhen I was 12 I had treasure chest- an orange Vans shoebox full of printed cards, which I had accumulated via acquisition (new, wrapped, plus stick of gum from the Ice Cream truck) or trade. Included rookie Fisk, Killebrew and Ryan, and an old Walter Johnson, Senators. My Mom threw them away while I was away at college