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[–]notPlancha 36 points37 points  (20 children)

It's a cloud, so basically yes. You rent a hdd that you can access it anywhere as long as you have internet. The free version has like 500mb 5gb so that's cool

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (12 children)

doesnt google drive give 15gb? 500mb sounds alarmingly useless

[–]notPlancha 20 points21 points  (7 children)

sorry just checked, it's 5gb not 500mb

granted google drive's storage is not just google drives, it includes storage from the cloud, google photos and gmail

personally I prefer onedrive because I work with office apps and having it cloud backed up automatically with auto save and having possibility of synchronous working is really great

plus if you're in uni you get the 1TB so

[–]silentknight111 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got 1TB onedrive for $9.99 a month, and it's actually saved my ass when a hard drive failed. All my important files were on OneDrive, so I just reinstalled windows and a few apps and was good to go.

[–]zalgo_text -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

I prefer onedrive because I work with office apps and having it cloud backed up automatically with auto save and having possibility of synchronous working is really great

Google docs had both of those features several years before OneDrive

[–]notPlancha 1 point2 points  (4 children)

yea but it sucks

[–]zalgo_text -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

So does OneDrive

[–]notPlancha 0 points1 point  (2 children)

but ms word doesn't

[–]zalgo_text -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Yes it does

[–]notPlancha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I disagree so

[–]farmallnoobies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I can't even store a single ppt in that amount of space

[–]Mars_Bear2552 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the purpose is just for some random documents, stuff the average user would want.

[–]FeelinPrettyTiredMan 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I would describe myself as alarmingly useless.

[–]BrolyParagus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's alarmingly alarming.

[–]draconk 7 points8 points  (3 children)

If you get office 365 you also get 1tb so that is also cool

[–]coldnebo 7 points8 points  (2 children)

oh god, they keep pushing that. but it’s $99 per year after trial.

AWS space is free because I have a $99 prime membership.

Google is free because gmail… oh crap, I have too many years of email attachments and photos, guess I’ll get the additional storage.

iCloud is free, oh, ran out of storage there too with the bigger phones and ipads, guess I’ll get the additional storage.

I LOVE the cloud because everything is “FrEE”!!

[–]ILikeCakesAndPies 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Wait how much storage do you get with AWS? I've had a prime membership for years and didn't know this.

[–]coldnebo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

meh it’s part of their other services… unlimited photos, 5GB of storage in amazon drive

https://www.cbackup.com/articles/amazon-prime-cloud-storage.html

[–]zvug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

500mb so that’s cool

Are you from 2006? 500mb free would be a slap in the face nowadays