[eslaught]

> you pay for the convenience

I think this is a great business model. I also appreciate the willingness to open source at least some form of client, since that will help build trust (at least with us more technical users) that you're actually doing the encryption right.

As a technical user though, I'd be absolutely terrified of data loss as an early adopter of these sorts of systems. (And note: it's not just about server-side data loss, it's also about all the bizarre ways clients can interact with the host OS/filesystem and the crazy number of edge cases that pop up there.) That's one of the big things keeping me on Dropbox: I know their platform is battle-tested. I wonder if there's a way you can provide more assurance about this?

[buildanduse]

We will be coming out with some easy backup-specific options in the near future - it is a pain today to have to bring on a second peer to backup.