"...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."
[1] https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash
[2] https://www.filestash.app/img/illustration/filestash-framewo...
[3] https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash/blob/cddbcfc6d1...
I mean I would've thought that by now the competition for Dropbox would be as aggressive as for todo apps, but I guess it's more complicated due to legal (= content checking) issues.
Not the cheapest storage, but it's a very good service.
> Cloud Storage for Offsite Backup
> We give you an empty UNIX filesystem to access with any SSH tool. Built on ZFS for data security and fault tolerance. You can back up any other cloud with your rsync.net account.
> rsync / sftp / scp / borg / rclone / restic / git-annex
More broadly is always some version of "couldn't you just do X?" in response to any new product.
It's usually really helpful for both.
"Couldn't you just rent a server instead of Amazon's?"