[OSX-Users] OneDrive vs DropBox

[Christopher Gutteridge]

There's a project at MIT called "SOLID" which is working on a 
standardised API for web storage with the idea you would run your 
storage as a commodity service, like an email service. Smarc-alec's can 
run their own, but organisations and providers could also provide them, 
and then you configure other online apps to use them.

It's a really nice idea, but their outreach is very naive and doesn't 
take into account that there are big fish in this ocean who don't want 
competition.


On 06/10/2016 10:30, Hugh Davis wrote:
> I have another reason pro Dropbox that comes from of a side discussion.
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> 7.  Dropbox has excellent integration with other apps.  E.g. OnePassword and indeed many IOS Apps where they are able to access and save files in Dropbox. No other service has the same uptake.
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> On 6 Oct 2016, at 09:43, Hugh Davis <hcd at soton.ac.uk<mailto:hcd at soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
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> Following on from my post about using OneDrive, I wondered if perhaps I should stop paying Dropbox and start using Onedrive for my entire backup/sync, given that University accounts now get 1TB of OneDrive data - which is the same as I get from Dropbox for an annual payment of around £50.
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> Reasons Against:
> 1.  I’m not sure I want all my data to be in University hands?
> 2. I’m not sure that Onedrive allows sharing outside the University  ??
> 3. I’m pretty sure OneDrive does not have the ability to get a URL for a directory or File?
> 4. I don’t know how well OneDrive does at keeping versions of files and deleted files - I think Dropbox now gives you one month to go back to old files?
> 5. I’m not far off retirement and then I’ll have to go back to Dropbox anyway!
> 6. Given MS’s record in this space I’m not sure I trust them to keep OneDrive working on a Mac. Dropbox has been perfect.
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> Any thoughts, answers to my questions, or further reasons against?
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