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by rsync 4312 days ago
Remember that "unix only" means all macs. That's significant and interesting (or at least, we think it is).

You are correct that there is no mobile presence at all ... except for every single android phone.

There is a "must be this tall to ride" bar at rsync.net and that's working very well for us and our customers.

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I agree and disagree on Macs.

With Macs there are predominantly two "types" of users. Those who use a Mac because they want a UNIX machine that works well as a desktop/has a widely supported GUI, and then there are those who use Macs because they find them easier than Windows (due to the better consistency and less clutter).

I think rsync on OS X will widely appeal to this first group, but not appeal at all to the second group. As far as those people are concerned if it isn't in the store then it doesn't exist, and if it doesn't have a GUI it definitely doesn't exist.

As to Android you guys don't, as far as I know, offer an app? Maybe my information is out-of-date on that one.

I completely respect that you guys want to appeal to a certain demographic and there is something to be said for that. I was just pointing out above that rsync.net is niche and isn't "really" competing 1:1 with DropBox, Google Drive, or to a lesser extent One Drive.

Your prices remain quite impressive and I'm sure you do what you do very well.