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Let's assess risk. Risk A) Google might end support for Drive. They've shown that , if they do, they'll give a lot of notice. You'll have an opportunity to mov
by tobyjsullivan 13y ago
Let's assess risk.
Risk A) Google might end support for Drive. They've shown that , if they do, they'll give a lot of notice. You'll have an opportunity to move your files elsewhere.
Risk B) Dropbox goes out of business. Most likely because Google is undercutting their prices by about 90%. If you are lucky, they give some notice. They also might just send everyone home and shut off the lights, like many companies do when they file for bankruptcy.
Where's the risk really?
- clarky07 13y ago1. do you really think that dropbox sends everyone home and shuts off the lights? That's a joke and you know it. 2. These files are all on our computers. I suspect that if dropbox blows up and does just go home and shut off the lights, we'll hear about it and notice. We can then take those files and move them to google drive or whatever.
- chillingeffect 13y agothey didn't tell anybody when they pulled support for sets from spreadsheets.
- na85 13y agoYes. As we all know, removing a feature from an existing, still-supported product is exactly the same as discontinuing a product entirely without notice.
- sp332 13y agoSets in spreadsheets still works for me. Edit: When the feature was "retired", there was a note that it would be replaced with a better version. https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3543688 https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3543688
- teraflop 13y agoWell, that's not surprising given that it was never a documented feature to begin with, to my knowledge.