A cautionary tail regarding data loss…
Despite my best efforts, my wife has resisted for years my requests for her to stop relying on iCloud and Dropbox and move her cloud storage onto our NAS which has perfectly good file sync and backup clients.
#dataLoss #backups #iCloud #Dropbox #NAS #cloudStorage #fileSync
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Just dropped #Dropbox.
Todavía me acuerdo cuando #dropbox era lo máximo. Hasta tenía una carpeta pública. Tenía un blog y por compartir el referido me dieron el máximo de gigas disponibles (20+ los 2 gratis). Luego quitaron la carpeta pública y nextcloud empezó a aparecer (por tener mis datos en infraestructura libre). Ahí lo migré y dejé de usarlo pero ahí está todavía.
Did y'all know Dropbox had a password manager?
Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager
ok I'd just like to shout out to the #Thunderbird team - no matter what/what else #mozilla seems to #enshittification , so far TB is intact. #outlook used to be the GOAT but now its #shit and plugins are $$heckaspensive and also shit. Meanwhile TB chugging along with a beautiful ecosystem of apps that just _work_
Shout out to #Qnote and #quickfilters plugins!
AND - and I know they say you _shouldn't_ but - you can put your mail store in a #dropbox folder.
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Dismiss. FO!
Let me guess, In a year it'll be 'upgrade your subscription to keep access to your online ONLY files'.
I repeat, local storage is comically cheap. You are a backup and syncing tool, nothing more. Go away.
NO! Hardrive space is comically cheap. I want you as a backup not a critical resource. GTFOH!
There's a growing movement on the #fedi that wants people to switch away from Big (US-based) Tech and towards #FOSS alternatives like #Linux, alternatives to #google, #Microsoft, #dropbox etc.
For #screenReader users, that might not be as simple as all that due to #accessibility reasons. This weekend's IC_Null stream aims to dig into this, but I need your help. What tools, services etc. should I look at from an #accessibility perspective? Anyone here who needs their tools evaluated? Anyone here who's curious about a particular tool or suite of tools? Let me know and I'll add it to the list. Anything goes. #selfHosting #blind #tech #EU
After a deeper look to #Joplin I say: We might be friends. I like what I saw so far.
But now I have to face the problem of synchronisation to use multiple devices.
A self hosted #Nextcloud would be the best. But I don’t have it. #Onedrive, #Dropbox und #S3 are no choice due to known reasons.
So the only option I have so far would be the cloud of @joplinapp.
But will my data be safe there? Where is the cloud hosted? US and countries where government can get access to it are a noGo
Dear #LazyWeb, I have a question about online storage services.
I'm part of a volunteer organisation that has a lot of people of extremely wide and varied technical abilities. A couple decades ago, one of the dearly departed members set up a #DropBox account for the group, and it has served them reasonably well over the years. But right now they're starting to feel like maybe it's a bit long in the tooth, and they aren't sure about paying for more storage if there are better choices.
Two of us are absolutely GenX Linux nerds, who will mount whatever it is via `rclone` and move on, but some members are in their 30s and some in their 80s and we need something that works for everyone. Bonus if we can use a company that doesn't kill people or forests or oceans to make their service work, although I realise that's often a vain hope these days.
Does anyone have good suggestions for a resilient file hosting/sharing service in 2025?
You can now connect your Box and #Dropbox accounts to #DeepResearch on #ChatGPT and pull data, which will be used by the #AI to conduct #research. Please do not do this - you will add to the unending pool of data being sucked out of creators and repurposed for profit - not your profit or benefit. #copyright #KM #research #legalresearch #education #copyright #intellectualproperty https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deep-research-can-now-pull-data-from-dropbox-and-box/
So apparently DropBox bills everyone for shared storage. Someone shares their files with you, DropBox counts every MB 2x. Share with 4 people 4x.
Great rates if you can get them I guess.
Number of screens to jump through to cancel a #dropbox plan? something like 4, good gosh. dark patterns galore.
Those Dropbox finder 
icon adornments give me a fuzzy feeling. Glad to be back on Dropbox.
Still 21,000+ files to upload. But at least you have a view of thst with Dropbox. And uploads are quick.
Je suis à la recherche d’une alternative à #Dropbox. Impératif: Elle doit être accessible avec #NVDA et #VoiceOver sur mon #Iphone. Évidemment, je souhaite que mes données soit hébergées en Europe ou mieux en France. Merci d’avance pour vos idées! #cloud #rGpD #accessibilité #NvDA #VoiceOver
So, given that the US is rapidly turning to shit, and that Dropbox is a US company, should I be worried that I'm keeping a lot of my data on Dropbox?
And if so, what's a good non-US alternative?
Needs to sync from a Linux desktop and a headless Linux server, have an Android app, and, ideally, an API.
Does pCloud do all those things?
Can anyone recommend an alternative to #Dropbox for an individual using it for storing and syncing files? Of the alternatives listed here, I've only heard of NextCloud and don't like what I know about it. https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/Dropbox
@Diziet Any suggestions?
Pro tip: do not show popups AFTER I clicked the button. I can see for myself what it does now