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by make3 3387 days ago
I really have the feeling that DropBox will die. They don't do anything Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Apple iCloud doesn't do, and these companies all have much more money / talent / infrastructure / synergy with other products.
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brandon272 3387 days ago
For some reason I still only instinctively trust Dropbox to reliably sync my files. I'm always worried I'm going to lose something if I put it into my Google Drive or iCloud folder, though I'm sure by this point it is probably just as good/reliable.

My concerns have less to do with individual files being manually added to a Google Drive or iCloud folder and more to do with how well it handles starting entire new project folders w/ hundreds (or thousands) of files that are constantly being updated.

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daenney 3387 days ago
> For some reason I still only instinctively trust Dropbox to reliably sync my files.

Used to be that way for me too until all the nasty tricks they employed in the OS X app installation process to elevate their privileges came to light. Though the syncing still works as reliably I no longer trust them with the content or to behave responsibly.

I haven't had any issue syncing with OneDrive or Google Drive for larger projects. I don't doubt you might've run into that issue in the past but I'd recommend giving it a go if that's what's holding you back. If anything knowing that you can reliably switch storage providers in the future should you need to is a good card to hold.

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anexprogrammer 3387 days ago
In the case of Google, and to a lesser extent Microsoft, I don't have enough trust they'll keep their offering around to ever start using and relying on it.

Google and to a slightly lesser degree Microsoft have horrible histories of simply turning off successful services. Or "improving" them by replacing with something objectively worse.

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erbo 3387 days ago
They don't do anything Google Drive, Microsoft OneDriveol or Apple iCloud doesn't do

AFAIK, neither Google Drive, OneDrive, or iCloud will work on Linux.

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tw04 3386 days ago
Depends on what you mean by "work". Official clients? No.

Third party though? onedrive: https://skilion.github.io/onedrive/

google drive (assuming you're using gnome): https://www.howtogeek.com/196635/an-official-google-drive-fo...

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ksk 3387 days ago
If they're making money, they won't have any interest in mining your data though.
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