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I genuinely don't understand the use case for this since, for example, Dropbox already just syncs the changes you make to a file and not the whole file, automatically and does so bidirectionally, which this tool does not. So, if anyone can help state more clearly what this is adding over and above the features that the various cloud storage vendors already provide I would benefit from the explanation.

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I use it to back up a linux server to amazon drive via a cron job. I don't think amazon drive even supports linux. Also if I decide to use backblaze or dropbox in the future its the same command to sync the files.

Arguably the most distinguishing benefit is transparent en-/decryption of the contents of your sync-set, such that the cloud copy is always encrypted by your key that's only available at your endpoints --- this is unrelated to being encrypted with a vendor-controlled key.

EDIT: Also, most 'official' cloud drive clients place a folder into your homedir, like ~/Google Drive or ~/OneDrive or ~/Box Sync. Only files placed into these folders get synced up and down. This client allows arbitrary local paths to be synced up or down.

Thanks for the comment and the edit.

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