Dropbox axes 16%

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Syncthing

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 827 social mentions

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Maestral

Over time I've switched from Dropbox to Google Drive to iCloud as my primary way of storing files I want backed up and/or able to be shared. Replacing the Dropbox client with Maestral https://maestral.app meant a much happier system with a lighter application running. Also no prompts for the SD card to be uploaded. When Dropbox limited an account to 3 devices, it made sense to use Google Drive more. Google kept changing the naming and functionality of its client. The final blow, though, is the way that they insist on showing a screen of files instead of the folders that were carefully created. A lot of people don't use folders very much or at all and that's definitely the trend. But it means that all the work somebody does in organizing their files is thrown out the window. Google Drive seems like it's more and more forcing people into having a Google Account even if they use a hotmail or yahoo email address. Icloud with a family subscription means that a family of 5 can have all of their devices and files backed up for $10/month. BackBlaze for laptops and desktops is $7/month these days so $10/month seems like a reasonable deal. Dropbox decided that the business world was their market and that's reasonable. For individuals, there still seems to be a market for file serving with no ads, good security and easy access for people regardless of their email domain. Say sharing photos from a family trip or the soccer games your kid played in.

#Dropbox #File Management #File Sharing And Backup 45 social mentions