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by newscracker 13y ago
I was shocked when I saw the ad free version priced at $49.99 for new subscribers! And Yahoo still doesn't have IMAP access (while Gmail has had it for free).
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by newscracker 13y ago
I recently created a "petition" for SpiderOak to open source the client (and allow people to build it themselves from source) so that people can let SpiderOak know their thoughts. The petition signatures are sent to SpiderOak. It&
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by newscracker 13y ago
Yes, price would be a big factor, but scaling such a backend, providing a stable solution, etc., are not child's play either. Cyphertite has open source clients and I'm sure they have things other than price that they can compete
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by newscracker 13y ago
This is firstly about the client software. If you have the client program's source and you can confirm that it does encrypt files with a local key and does not transmit the key to the servers, then it's not really a big deal (alth
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by newscracker 13y ago
This is a petition I launched to have SpiderOak see this as a collective request for transparency. Please sign it if you're a SpiderOak user. Even if you're not a SpiderOak user, your signature would help in raising awareness so t
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SpiderOak: Petition to open source all your code(change.org)
3 points by newscracker 13y ago|5 comments
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by newscracker 13y ago
This is probably good for the Peepcode folks (at least monetarily), but I'm shocked. In my experience, companies like Peepcode (and also O'Reilly) provide cheaper content in a "DRM-free, own it yourself" model without tr