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I currently pay about $120 per year for 1 TB of storage through Google Drive. I use about 850 GB of that. After using all the various popular cloud drive serv

by 300bps 12y ago

I currently pay about $120 per year for 1 TB of storage through Google Drive. I use about 850 GB of that. After using all the various popular cloud drive services, I can say this isn't about $ per GB anymore. $120 per year for 1 TB is such a low amount of money that it becomes meaningless. The next hurdle they need to overcome is sync speed. When you're dealing with that much data (especially when made up of many tiny files like JPGs) it becomes a significant engineering challenge. The sync speed with some services can slow to a crawl. In my own use, Google Drive and DropBox have been the best. OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) was unusable at certain file counts. I haven't tried Amazon though. I would give it a shot if I go over the 1 TB mark but would probably not try it just to try to save $60 per year.

lettergram 12y ago
FYI, I get 1 TB storage through dropbox for $99
- tacos 12y ago
  Microsoft offers 1 TB storage through OneDrive for $69.99/yr -- and it comes with Microsoft Office apps for PC, Mac, Android and iOS. I have a soft spot for Dropbox, but it's really just a matter of who buys them for what price now. They're done.
sz4kerto 12y ago
Anecdotal, but I just synced >10k files from OneDrive to the local drive, and the sync saturated my internet connection (100 Mbit). (On Windows 10.)
- tacos 12y ago
  OneDrive has been a mess: "Prior to Windows 8.1, we had two sync experiences. One used on Windows 7/8/Mac to connect to the consumer service, and a second sync engine to connect to the commercial service (OneDrive for Business). In Windows 8.1 we introduced a third sync engine..." This is Chris Jones, super smart guy, long-time vet of Microsoft, and ... indicative of the kind of incredibly stupid shit only Microsoft can pull off. Bonus points for the phrase "sync experiences" which indicates smart-dude-weak-thinking at a legendary level. Sinofskyesque. In the blog post he sort of admits the fuckup. Sort of. But who cares. It's March and things already kicking ass on Mac, finally. After Windows 10 ships it'll be fine. Five years late, but fine. Not like Dropbox got their nonsense figured out with the long and generous head start. And not like Apple's done any better, either.
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by 300bps 12y ago

lettergram 12y ago

FYI, I get 1 TB storage through dropbox for $99

tacos 12y ago
Microsoft offers 1 TB storage through OneDrive for $69.99/yr -- and it comes with Microsoft Office apps for PC, Mac, Android and iOS. I have a soft spot for Dropbox, but it's really just a matter of who buys them for what price now. They're done.

sz4kerto 12y ago

Anecdotal, but I just synced >10k files from OneDrive to the local drive, and the sync saturated my internet connection (100 Mbit). (On Windows 10.)

tacos 12y ago
OneDrive has been a mess: "Prior to Windows 8.1, we had two sync experiences. One used on Windows 7/8/Mac to connect to the consumer service, and a second sync engine to connect to the commercial service (OneDrive for Business). In Windows 8.1 we introduced a third sync engine..." This is Chris Jones, super smart guy, long-time vet of Microsoft, and ... indicative of the kind of incredibly stupid shit only Microsoft can pull off. Bonus points for the phrase "sync experiences" which indicates smart-dude-weak-thinking at a legendary level. Sinofskyesque. In the blog post he sort of admits the fuckup. Sort of. But who cares. It's March and things already kicking ass on Mac, finally. After Windows 10 ships it'll be fine. Five years late, but fine. Not like Dropbox got their nonsense figured out with the long and generous head start. And not like Apple's done any better, either.
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