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Old 04-24-2012, 04:59 PM   #1
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$2.50/mo for 25GB of guaranteed cloud storage accessible anywhere from any device? And that's "too pricey"? Seriously?

Are you an Ethiopian farmer or something?
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:06 PM   #2
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$2.50/mo for 25GB of guaranteed cloud storage accessible anywhere from any device? And that's "too pricey"? Seriously?

Are you an Ethiopian farmer or something?
I could be.... I just hate having to pay monthly rates for anything. At some point it should just be yours.

EDIT: I understand it can be compared to netflix or even any of your monthly bills. But when I can go out and buy SD cards and be done paying why would I want to pay monthly?
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:10 PM   #3
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I could be.... I just hate having to pay monthly rates for anything. At some point it should just be yours.
The difference is that there's an ongoing cost (to the provider) for stuff like this. It would be one thing if they just sold you a chunk of hard drive space, but they still have to pay for the power for the drive, the bandwidth to and from the server, the development of the software to facilitate the process, etc. It's a service - not a product - and you can never "possess" a service.
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:13 PM   #4
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The difference is that there's an ongoing cost (to the provider) for stuff like this. It would be one thing if they just sold you a chunk of hard drive space, but they still have to pay for the power for the drive, the bandwidth to and from the server, the development of the software to facilitate the process, etc. It's a service - not a product - and you can never "possess" a service.
Like I said, I do understand the reasoning for monthly charges; just not my cup of tea at the moment. Maybe you could educate me further. Does it offer anything that a standard SD card doesn't?
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:16 PM   #5
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Like I said, I do understand the reasoning for monthly charges; just not my cup of tea at the moment. Maybe you could educate me further. Does it offer anything that a standard SD card doesn't?
Infinite data retention guaranteed free of failure?
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:14 PM   #6
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I could be.... I just hate having to pay monthly rates for anything. At some point it should just be yours.
That's a neat idea... it would be like pay once forever hosting or something...

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Files can be kept forever even if you stop paying. Stop paying and your files over the free storage limit will remain with read-only access as long as you want them. You could consider it pay once forever hosting.
We're talking about $2.50/mo to have files accessible from anywhere on dedicated secure servers that you yourself never have to worry about from now until the end of human civilization. Less than 10 years ago, nobody except millionaires could have afforded something like that. This is really amazing technology available for less than a hamburger a month and you're just pooping all over it.
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:22 PM   #7
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That's a neat idea... it would be like pay once forever hosting or something...



We're talking about $2.50/mo to have files accessible from anywhere on dedicated secure servers that you yourself never have to worry about from now until the end of human civilization. Less than 10 years ago, nobody except millionaires could have afforded something like that. This is really amazing technology available for less than a hamburger a month and you're just pooping all over it.
That was not my intention and sorry if it came across that way. I just don't have a need for it. It is new to me so I don't know much about it. As DaFace just said, I was seeing it as a means to free up available space on my device.

I guess if I had a tablet, computer and other things where I would like to have immediate access to all of my files it would be well worth the cost to me. But since all I have is a Droid X-2 it is overkill to me.
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:31 PM   #8
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That was not my intention and sorry if it came across that way. I just don't have a need for it. It is new to me so I don't know much about it. As DaFace just said, I was seeing it as a means to free up available space on my device.

I guess if I had a tablet, computer and other things where I would like to have immediate access to all of my files it would be well worth the cost to me. But since all I have is a Droid X-2 it is overkill to me.
dude. I was just being overdramatic and giving you a hard time....

As someone in IT, I can tell you that this kind of ease of access and free data retention is really an impressive feat of technology. My organization pays hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to provide this kind of access and storage on a much much much much smaller scale. It's vastly more complex than just a replacement for an SD card. You'd really be amazed at what this kind of cloud storage can do these days.
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dude. I was just being overdramatic and giving you a hard time....

As someone in IT, I can tell you that this kind of ease of access and free data retention is really an impressive feat of technology. My organization pays hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to provide this kind of access and storage on a much much much much smaller scale. It's vastly more complex than just a replacement for an SD card. You'd really be amazed at what this kind of cloud storage can do these days.
I was thinking to myself, "Did this guy invent the cloud?"

As I read I am starting to see it more of a 3rd party source to network all mobile and home devices while backing up all info to a secure location, which is pretty cool. Especially, the part about if you stop paying it isn't lost; you just need to pay to access it. If you lost everything stored on there I would be furious.
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I was thinking to myself, "Did this guy invent the cloud?"

As I read I am starting to see it more of a 3rd party source to network all mobile and home devices while backing up all info to a secure location, which is pretty cool. Especially, the part about if you stop paying it isn't lost; you just need to pay to access it. If you lost everything stored on there I would be furious.
Actually if you stop paying you can still access it anytime without resuming payment. Read only means you can download the file at any time you just can't upload anymore after that.
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I could be.... I just hate having to pay monthly rates for anything. At some point it should just be yours.

EDIT: I understand it can be compared to netflix or even any of your monthly bills. But when I can go out and buy SD cards and be done paying why would I want to pay monthly?
Do your SD cards automatically transfer data between your various devices? Can you send someone a link to a picture on your SD card? Do your SD cards automatically back themselves up with near infinite redundancy? Of course not.

It appears that you're looking at this just as a way to store data (and, therefore, increase your available storage space). That's not what you're paying for. You're paying for the convenience of 1) having your data available anytime, anywhere, and on any device and 2) having it all backed up instantly.
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