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Gargari, 1 year ago to privacy in Can I trust filen.io?

I don’t. There are great storage solutions you can use: Wasabi s3 via rclone. Hetzer storage boxes. OVH and any cheap S3 storage via rclone.

secret_ninja, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to privacy in filen.io - one time payment plans - encrypted cloud storage

1. this sounds like a disguised ad…
2. the monthly pricing doesn’t make sense, it’s too low for them to be sustainable as business, especially considering the offered features.
3. any cloud storage company that offers lifetime plans should not be taken seriously.
4. the only positive here is that their FE apps are open source.

TheSun, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

1. You can’t read can you? I literally explained my reasoning for posting it as it ties into a previous discussion I saw here. You are welcome to check my posting history if you want to see I’m just a regular dude interested in tech and privacy.

2. the pricing makes perfect sense when you stop defending companies massively overcharging for cloud storage given physical storage costs. Keep in mind it will likely increase since generally companies increase pricing as they age/eliminate the lifetime option once the user base has grown enough.

3. so pcloud shouldn’t be taken seriously? Not sure why you are simping for subscriptions so bad; they are a bane on modern society. Subscription-model is not the only viable business model (companies including online ones were profitable for decades before it became commonplace) and I would argue it is worse for the user in almost every circumstance.

   We should be supporting businesses that reject the subscription-model, not avoiding them.

4. Yes.