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by LyalinDotCom 3258 days ago
I dont get what's new here or am i confused?

I have used many services over the years, OneDrive from Microsoft, Google Drive / Photo sync thing, dropbox, Amazon storage, etc.

Honestly being that I work at Microsoft I am obviously going to have a bias a bit, but this stuff is not about my work its about my life and how to stay synced across my Windows Phone, Windows 10 devices (i have a few), my iPhone, my iPad, etc. and the best way i have found to do all of that is with OneDrive.

Hold on, i know what you're thinking that im just picking my companies product, but honestly i tried them all, a lot over the years and OneDrive just does a great job, has first class apps for iOS, Android, Windows and powerful Web UI for when i just need to jump in and find something.

Also you get 5 gigs for free with OneDrive. Move up to 50GB and its $1.99/mo.

On top of that I use an Office 365 subscription for my personal life (custom domain/email) and again i get a ton more storage through that.

Really worth giving it a try!

https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/plans/

3 comments

I won't trust OneDrive after they cancelled their unlimited plans. Yes, I understand it's unrealistic for such a thing to exist but Microsoft offered it anyway, then took it away when people actually used it.

Plus having it forced on me through Windows makes me instantly hate it.

As a non-MS employee, I'd call OneDrive "fine". After several years, I haven't seen anything to suggest that it's better.

I'm not sure why you're confused. It's laid out pretty directly in TFA.

> This new tool replaces the existing Google Photos desktop uploader and Drive for Mac/PC.

Got a Linux client?