[scrlk]

For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

[prophesi]

For context, this is a parody of the infamous https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

[mrehler]

I was unaware there was copypasta on HN. I know this might be generally the sort of post that the site wants to avoid, but the phenomenon of copypasta within a given community still makes my heart smile a little bit.

[quesera]

> "getting an FTP account"

There are myriad options if you get a server of some kind. A webserver is even easier to get, and to share, than an FTP server.

That's not the challenge these projects attempt to meet.

[lnxg33k1]

For that you can also use sparkleshare, abandoned but its just a git frontend

[notso411]

That sounds like a whole lot of effort. Just buy iCloud.

[kjkjadksj]

On a mac iirc the ftp setup is a checkbox in system settings. Less friction than logging into icloud even.

[usrusr]

Is it for sale or do you have to take the entire $2.9B monstrosity?