Onedrive is shrinking
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"CLOUD DRIVE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS.
Unfortunately Cloud Drive is not responding at the moment. We are working on this and Cloud Drive will be back as soon as possible."This is what I get at Amazon Cloud Drive page. Apparently, a lot of folks are probably migrating
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@scottalanmiller said:
@marcinozga said:
@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller How much is storage on Amazon?
Amazon Drive is $59.99 a year, unlimited too.
It's been good. I started using it in March.
Good except when you want to move 200gb of data in one shot (sooooo slow), or if you have more than 100,000 files to move (it waits a couple of hours before it errors out). Is it cheap and abundant? Yes. Is it in any way acceptably fast? NOPE.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@marcinozga said:
@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller How much is storage on Amazon?
Amazon Drive is $59.99 a year, unlimited too.
It's been good. I started using it in March.
I'm considering moving to this...an Amazon Music, leaving Groove Music. And perhaps a FireTV. (no not going ALL IN on another ecosystem but I've always liked what I can get from my Amazon Prime membership.)
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@marcinozga said:
"CLOUD DRIVE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS.
Unfortunately Cloud Drive is not responding at the moment. We are working on this and Cloud Drive will be back as soon as possible."This is what I get at Amazon Cloud Drive page. Apparently, a lot of folks are probably migrating
Not surprising. They are having a field day over there.
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Hmm... Food for thought...
Still thinking about this... If my hard drive dies and I re-install Amazon Cloud Drive (ACD), will it download all the files back to my computer, or can I just leave everything parked in ACD and just start adding stuff back to it?
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@dafyre said:
Hmm... Food for thought...
Still thinking about this... If my hard drive dies and I re-install Amazon Cloud Drive (ACD), will it download all the files back to my computer, or can I just leave everything parked in ACD and just start adding stuff back to it?
It's just storage, not a backup system.
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@scottalanmiller Right. My question was more along the lines of does it Sync files like Drop Box?
With DropBox when I log into the client from another computer, it immediately starts downloading everything... I'd rather have something that will just let me keep dumping files into it, or download just the ones I need.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Right. My question was more along the lines of does it Sync files like Drop Box?
No, you just upload stuff to it and download what you want.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Right. My question was more along the lines of does it Sync files like Drop Box?
With DropBox when I log into the client from another computer, it immediately starts downloading everything... I'd rather have something that will just let me keep dumping files into it, or download just the ones I need.
The app doesn't sync anything, it just allows you to upload and download.
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Well, that's just crap.
I don't have too much in there but I have been adding more stuff to it regularly.
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In order to satisfy my knee-jerk reaction, I'm looking for a new provider.
This doesn't mean I'll change but it's not out of the question. -
From the FAQ:
Why are we making changes?
Since starting to roll out unlimited cloud storage to Office 365 consumer subscribers, a small number of users backed up numerous PCs and stored entire movie collections and DVR recordings. In some instances, this exceeded 75 TB per user or 14,000 times the average. Instead of focusing on extreme backup scenarios, we want to remain focused on delivering high-value productivity and collaboration experiences that benefit the majority of OneDrive users.- I SMELL BS!!!!!!!!!
What did they expect? If you offer unlimited storage, people are going to fill it with anything AND everything.
If Iām affected by these changes, what will Microsoft do for me?
Free users who are over 5 GB of storage and thus affected by this change can claim a free 1-year subscription to Office 365 Personal [see note at the end].Current customers of standalone OneDrive storage plans (such as a 100 or 200 GB plans) are not affected by these changes.
If you are an Office 365 consumer subscriber and have stored in excess of 1 TB, you will be notified of this change and will be able to keep your increased storage for at least 12 months.
If you are an Office 365 consumer subscriber and find that Office 365 no longer meets your needs, a pro-rated refund will be given.
Note at the end:
Credit card required and subscription will automatically renew. Cancel anytime at www.office.com/myaccount.- Just like XBL. Enforced renewal that you have to opt out of instead of opt in.
I am really disliking the consumer side of Microsoft. They don't seem to care about their non-business consumers.
This is just another debacle that is causing outrage among their consumer users. I think that they will start to lose customers faster now than ever.
Google is, once again, the best offering for free storage IMO.
- I SMELL BS!!!!!!!!!
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^ the FAQ mentioned there is here:
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So I just realized, that I can't download my data from Onedrive in bulk in excess of 4GB. Individual files are fine, but that's another limitation. Crap. I just canceled auto-renewal, my subscription expires on Nov 21, I guess I'll be doing a lot of clicking in the next 2.5 weeks.
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Have not seen any limit other than the speed of the uploads.
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@MattSpeller said:
And thus my core issue with cloud anything - if you don't own it, you don't control it & whoever does holds the whip hand.
Yes. A crucial factor in adopting cloud services is trust. That's why big brands end up as a monopoly, because new players don't have that trust. It's why companies shouldn't screw their customers and should always honour their commitments.
Even though I don't use O365 personal (I have a business account), I no longer trust Microsoft. If they can screw some of their customers like this, when are they going to start screwing me? (I also have 40gb of free storage with my Hotmail account, which I think they're going to cut?)
I've always been a Microsoft fanboy, and have stuck with them through thick and thin. But I think I'm done with them now. I'm going to go all in with Google.
It's simple - cloud providers can't abuse their users trust and expect to remain players.
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@scottalanmiller how has this effected your Nadella love-in? If Ballmer did this I reckon you'd be all over him like a rash
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@scottalanmiller how has this effected your Nadella love-in? If Ballmer did this I reckon you'd be all over him like a rash
This is pretty crappy indeed however I've been complaining for a year that they never opened up OneDrive and all of the unlimited storage was fake so this isn't new to me, just how I've always seen the product.
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Fake? I don't think there was anything fake about it, was there?
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Fake? I don't think there was anything fake about it, was there?
Other than that they kept promoting "unlimited" but kept having limits and never ended up rolling out the "unlimited" as it was. Some of us were still on the waiting list to get it by the time that it went away. Some people got it, but I have no idea what percentage. It was all new users signing up to take advantage of the unlimited marketing, not the people who had tried it originally. Maybe I'm one of the few, but maybe that was the norm, too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
Fake? I don't think there was anything fake about it, was there?
Other than that they kept promoting "unlimited" but kept having limits and never ended up rolling out the "unlimited" as it was. Some of us were still on the waiting list to get it by the time that it went away. Some people got it, but I have no idea what percentage. It was all new users signing up to take advantage of the unlimited marketing, not the people who had tried it originally. Maybe I'm one of the few, but maybe that was the norm, too.
Mine always showed 10.1TB when they went to "unlimited"...Showed 10.3 TB total and 10.1 TB available...so I was barely using it but it was nice to have and was planning on using it for as long as I kept Office 365.
