[gullevek]

Dropbox is still the best

OneDrive (I use it at work): if one file fails, all files stop syncing. It sometimes tries to sync some files from teams and just never finishes. It also has very strange file name restrictions. if the file name is bad (eg whitespace at the end) it will just stop syncing anything. Still better than Google Drive as it is a standard folder. if it crashes your data is HERE.

google drive (I used that at work): on MacOS is it is utter crap as it is not a folder but a mounted thing. So it is not "there" when you login. So every application that tries to open a file on google drive just fails. Because it is not an apple FS a lot of apple apps will complain. MySQL Workbench will often fail to save and often destroy files. If not running it is not mounted and none of your files are here. you also can't copy out google files (writer, spreadsheet, etc). For whatever reason.

iCloud: some strange folder nested hundred levels deep. I only use it because of some ios stuff.

So yeah, Dropbox might be pricey but through all the years it really worked very well for me. (And I really don't care about any of the other services they have)

[bayindirh]

I use all of them (Google, OneDrive, Dropbox) due to various needs, but Dropbox is my primary account too.

I've found that inSync is a wonderful client for GoogleDrive and OneDrive for all major platforms. It has some nice features like out of tree syncing (sync a cloud folder to anywhere on the filesystem and keep it synced), and .gitignore like ignore syntax.

I'd recommend it heavily. It's a one-time-payment application with no limitations.

They've added dropbox support recently.

[beardbound]

I was an early user of insync (Linux and google seive) and had issues with it when they added one drive support. I tried it out when I was getting all of my stuff off of google a while back. I pay for office and one drive so if I could consolidate it would be nice.

[bayindirh]

I'm not that old, but I had no problems whatsoever with InSync on either OneDrive or Google Drive (on Linux). Recently they have changed their licensing model to pay once for unlimited accounts and their development is accelerated.

If you feel inclined, give it a try again.

[austhrow743]

Is it on top of their respective clients or instead of?

[bayindirh]

Instead. InSync is a standalone application.

[simonh]

>google drive (I used that at work): on MacOS is it is utter crap as it is not a folder but a mounted thing.

That's Google File Stream. There is also a client called Backup and Sync that works like Dropbox, I'm using it now. These are apparently being merged into a single client to be called Google Drive Desktop.

[Macha]

It felt like when they went from the original Google Drive desktop client to Google File Stream + Backup and Sync, they really wanted to push people to File Stream so they could eventually discontinue backup and sync with extra lock in for users. But that didn't turn out the way they wanted, with most users opting for the relatively unbranded Backup and Sync, so we're moving back to the single program.

I wonder if this is a retreat from that strategy, or if the single program will be used as a way to nudge Backup and Sync users to adopt the File Stream flow.

[mbesto]

This. I've also used Box. Simply nothing compares to Dropbox's sync'n capabilities.

[JamesAdir]

I had very good and reliable experience with Box.