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Why I am stuck using Dropbox? (merecivilian.com)
3 points by jameswill 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



In the end, it's the featureset that won out, which is pretty important.

It's worth pointing out that

> However, files are easy to move, so I wouldn't consider this a lock-in.

isn't true, and only something realized when the time comes. When choosing a backup strategy, the location of the backup should not be anywhere near your ecosystem, it's a pretty big risk.

Dropbox + a NAS as a secondary is a decent strategy then (assuming I've understood the Dropbox tooling usage here)


Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

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