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I'm using dropbox + google drive (due to google docs) both home and for work and I get all of your claims. But what's the alternative? Besides google drive that has it's own issues all other solutions are less than dropbox or same with something missing (proper mobile app etc)...

So what are you switching to?

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Personally I think BitTorrent Sync has something I really like. I am in the middle of evaluating SyncThing (Open Source project that is similar)

I really like BTSync for th following:

1) Like git the copies are on local machines

2) I control the servers and I control the folders that are shared

3) Super fast in a local network

4) You can use whatever encryption you want and it works perfectly

5) You can selectively sync individual folders and files

6) Easy to share things that are Read Only or Read/Write

Have you already upgraded to the "PRO" version? I've been using it on Linux for about a year and just recently a "7 days left" appeared on the Web UI.

That is the reason why I am thinking of syncthing for myself. I need to look at syncthing's mobile apps. https://syncthing.net

I believe you can downgrade to a btsync 1.X and keep it forever.

> But what's the alternative?

https://github.com/pjc50/pjc50.github.io/blob/master/secure-... : my own notes on sync/cloud storage services. I have my own prejudices as to what I want, but that may align well with the prejudices of HN.

There are several different options to roll your own. like: http://tshannon.bitbucket.org/freehold/

> But what's the alternative?

Sounds like an opportunity.

I don't think there's a great opportunity there. Cloud storage is at this point a commodity product, so a new business would be differentiating entirely based on user experience and would be at a competitive disadvantage in storage costs compared to the big hitters.

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