iCloud storage space so expensive.

Many years later, there is no such thing as cheap online storage. Where you do get "cheap" storage, there will be many strings attached.
 
rvZA said:
Many years later, there is no such thing as cheap online storage. Where you do get "cheap" storage, there will be many strings attached.
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I really need to add you to my ignore list, sometime.
 
rvZA said:
Many years later, there is no such thing as cheap online storage. Where you do get "cheap" storage, there will be many strings attached.
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Mega provides a lot more storage than usual for a cloud provider, and has zero-knowledge encryption as well. I offloaded my external hard drives to it over a year ago and it's been great. Now all my stuff is in the cloud.

Priapus said:
Seems reasonable to me and it’s super convenient in the apple eco system.
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I tried using iCloud but eventually gave up and went back to Dropbox. The upload speeds were horrific and sharing files was a bloody nightmare.
 
backstreetboy said:
Lol yeah no my 2TB pCloud paid for itself already. Stop talking nonsense.
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In your mind and dreams. 2TB after 2-5 years means nothing to most people. You now sit and struggle having to make space, delete old files, or pay a lot more for additional storage. No thanks.
 
RunningFromFat said:
I reckon onedrive is quite cheap imo.
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S**t expensive in my opinion. HDDs are far cheaper than what they charge per month. Besides, OneDrive do not offer the storage solutions most people actually need.
 
Bryn said:
Mega provides a lot more storage than usual for a cloud provider, and has zero-knowledge encryption as well. I offloaded my external hard drives to it over a year ago and it's been great. Now all my stuff is in the cloud.


I tried using iCloud but eventually gave up and went back to Dropbox. The upload speeds were horrific and sharing files was a bloody nightmare.
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I was with Mega. But at 30TB space you are looking at crazy monthly fees. Just makes sense to rather buy HDDs, plus backup HDDs and keep it yourself on your own home server. In 5 months, at those fees, you have made up the purchase price of the drives, along with backup drives and the rest of the year you can rather put the monthly fees into shares or something to make some money.

In addition, Mega is a risky host in my opinion. They have LE's all over them due to their previous piracy actions. Not even sure they will exist for too long.
 
rvZA said:
In your mind and dreams. 2TB after 2-5 years means nothing to most people. You now sit and struggle having to make space, delete old files, or pay a lot more for additional storage. No thanks.
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Lol I can just buy another 2 / 10 TB and be winning after 4 years again. Luckily I don't download and backup the whole internet. Keep struggling with that HDD's and keeping them running during loadshedding.
 
backstreetboy said:
Lol I can just buy another 2 / 10 TB and be winning after 4 years again. Luckily I don't download and backup the whole internet. Keep struggling with that HDD's and keeping them running during loadshedding.
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Don't worry, I will. And just wait for that day Pcloud goes belly up, like Google, and your lifetime account turns into a $40 monthly account or they close doors and everyone has 30 days to remove their files and get no refunds. That is the problem with these small companies too.
 
rvZA said:
Don't worry, I will. And just wait for that day Pcloud goes belly up, like Google, and your lifetime account turns into a $40 monthly account or they close doors and everyone has 30 days to remove their files and get no refunds. That is the problem with these small companies too.
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Lol I've already got a backup lifetime account elsewhere. They can close up tomorrow for all I care.
 
backstreetboy said:
Lol I've already got a backup lifetime account elsewhere. They can close up tomorrow for all I care.
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Good, now your costs seems to increase with that backup too. Have a nice day. Expensive business and jumping through hoops all the time this cloud storage thingy.
 
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