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I pay $99 a year for >100GB. You don't think that's cheap?

dangrossman 13y ago
A 1TB hard drive retails for $50. If you're only considering the cost of the storage itself, disregarding the value of the service it's attached to, $99/year is expensive.
- toomuchtodo 13y ago
  > If you're only considering the cost of the storage itself, disregarding the value of the service it's attached to, $99/year is expensive. Dropbox isn't storage (cold, unconnected drive). It's universal storage with multiple endpoints of connectivity, always available. This isn't to create an argument of any sort, but just to clarify they're two different things for those who might not understand that.
  - samolang 13y ago
    Not to mention redundancy. That's the biggest plus for me. Don't want to have to worry about hard drive failures.
    - toomuchtodo 13y ago
      You still do. Replication =! Backups. You should be taking snapshots in time of your Dropbox account (unless you're using their Packrat offering, which provides versioning).
      - samolang 13y ago
        If my hard drive breaks it doesn't delete the file from their servers. You'd need to have a hard drive break in a specific manner in which it corrupts the file and then have the corrupted file be replicated. Even then Dropbox maintains copies of all versions of your files for 30 days, so you'd have to not notice the corruption for 30 days in order to actually lose the file.
        toomuchtodo 13y ago
        Be careful on both. The hard drive doesn't need to "break", you just need filesystem corruption. If the file is readable by the Dropbox client, away we replicate corrupted data. Also, there have been instances where Dropbox has been unable to recover lost data, 30 days or not. It's your data though, be as cautious (or not) as you feel you need to be.
        samolang 13y ago
        Perhaps I am being too trusting of their service. Thanks for the wake up call. I'll back up my data.
        toomuchtodo 13y ago
        https://www.google.com/search?q=dropbox+lost+data https://www.google.com/search?q=dropbox+lost+data
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rschmitty 13y ago
I pay for Dropbox too because they have the best app/ui. However with all of these other companies catching up I am continually saddened Dropbox pricing hasn't come in line. For 100GB Drive is $60 SKyDrive is $50 Box is $60 (I think, confused on their free plan pricing) Then there's Mega with $10/month and 500GB So yes, $99 is expensive in comparison. Eventually (if not already, I honestly havent looked) these other services and their apps will catch up.

A 1TB hard drive retails for $50. If you're only considering the cost of the storage itself, disregarding the value of the service it's attached to, $99/year is expensive.

toomuchtodo 13y ago
> If you're only considering the cost of the storage itself, disregarding the value of the service it's attached to, $99/year is expensive. Dropbox isn't storage (cold, unconnected drive). It's universal storage with multiple endpoints of connectivity, always available. This isn't to create an argument of any sort, but just to clarify they're two different things for those who might not understand that.
- samolang 13y ago
  Not to mention redundancy. That's the biggest plus for me. Don't want to have to worry about hard drive failures.
  - toomuchtodo 13y ago
    You still do. Replication =! Backups. You should be taking snapshots in time of your Dropbox account (unless you're using their Packrat offering, which provides versioning).
    - samolang 13y ago
      If my hard drive breaks it doesn't delete the file from their servers. You'd need to have a hard drive break in a specific manner in which it corrupts the file and then have the corrupted file be replicated. Even then Dropbox maintains copies of all versions of your files for 30 days, so you'd have to not notice the corruption for 30 days in order to actually lose the file.
      - toomuchtodo 13y ago
        Be careful on both. The hard drive doesn't need to "break", you just need filesystem corruption. If the file is readable by the Dropbox client, away we replicate corrupted data. Also, there have been instances where Dropbox has been unable to recover lost data, 30 days or not. It's your data though, be as cautious (or not) as you feel you need to be.
        samolang 13y ago
        Perhaps I am being too trusting of their service. Thanks for the wake up call. I'll back up my data.
        toomuchtodo 13y ago
        https://www.google.com/search?q=dropbox+lost+data https://www.google.com/search?q=dropbox+lost+data
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rschmitty 13y ago

I pay for Dropbox too because they have the best app/ui. However with all of these other companies catching up I am continually saddened Dropbox pricing hasn't come in line. For 100GB Drive is $60 SKyDrive is $50 Box is $60 (I think, confused on their free plan pricing) Then there's Mega with $10/month and 500GB So yes, $99 is expensive in comparison. Eventually (if not already, I honestly havent looked) these other services and their apps will catch up.