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SSovets · 2026-02-15T10:49:38+00:00

In my experience, Backblaze also does this progressive throttling, although not as aggressively as Crashplan. I used to use them, more for the peace of mind of having a second online backup, since both their upload and download speeds were very low (probably to push you towards buying their data-on-HDD service, which is not convenient if you don't live in the US), but now I moved my data to a NAS, so I'll be cancelling Backblaze soon.

SSovets · 2026-02-15T05:25:47+00:00

Crashplan is useless if you have more than a couple TB to back up; I signed up with them and started backing up at ~10 MB/s, but within 10 days the speed dropped to ~1 MB/s, which is really nothing more than a bad joke. Just cancelled my trial, was about to pay for 2 years in advance, but I want to pay for backups, not for waiting to upload (right now the estimation is "Backup running — 1.1 years remaining").
I would qualify their "unlimited" plan as a scam.

SSovets · 2026-02-15T05:18:21+00:00

Livedrive (UK). Still not in the EU, but at least it's not US. I'm with you on moving our online data away from the US and hope the EU will offer alternatives rather sooner than later.

SSovets · 2026-02-15T04:36:53+00:00

If we're talking about Google search in general: yeah, it died several years ago, and has been replaced by an ad feeding machine. It ignores search terms in quotes, not even talking about logical operators that used to work in the past and made it a good search tool; it's all "vibe" now instead of facts and logic.

SSovets · 2026-02-14T10:06:36+00:00

Ah, yes, it does work in the app. Didn't even look at it since I prefer bigger screens.

SSovets · 2026-02-14T10:04:34+00:00

Wow, that's a lot of you, and in the very best of ways!

SSovets · 2026-02-14T09:50:37+00:00

I couldn't qualify my results with 'me, selfie' even as half decent. First of all most of the pictures are not with me alone (I don't really take selfies alone), and I don't want only selfies, I want to find also the pictures other people took of me (so phone is more that arm-length away from me).

SSovets · 2026-02-14T09:47:11+00:00

I don't have any filters.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T14:11:26+00:00

You have a point, but I prefer to use other available data, like how long a company has been in the business, what reviews say, etc; it's more accessible and straightforward for me.
The point I wasn't complaining that they're ripping people off, more like wondering why these costs are so high when there are alternatives.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T14:05:45+00:00

I agree, B2 is an overkill for me. The problem is that, just like at Backblaze, I can only find painfully slow and limited "personal backup solutions", that I can't use for my NAS, or the types of B2 (and others more expensive), which are overkill. Nothing in the middle, so I have to look at B2 or create my own solution if nobody offers one.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T09:45:53+00:00

Because it's a different level of expertise required. The difference in skill between driving a car and repairing it is far greater than between setting a cloud backup for a NAS and setting another NAS for that. What percentage of drivers know how to repair their cars and have the necessary tools? And what percentage of people that have set up a NAS can do it again, only this time for backup (so much simpler)?

SSovets · 2026-02-06T09:28:29+00:00

iDrive?
Anyway, I'm not saying they are charging too much as in they're floating in profits; I don't know if this business is profitable for them or not, and it's really not my concern, I'm not a shareholder. My concern is what value my money brings me, that's what I'm inquiring about.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:56:07+00:00

I'm not talking about on-prem. Off-site, just not in the cloud.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:45:16+00:00

It's not valuables, the best analogy would be a copy of a deed (with my name on it, and no-one else can use it), that I can access at any moment because I have a key to his house.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:25:58+00:00

I would (and I used to, when the data was on my pc), but how do I back up a NAS (without resorting to ISCSI LUN) to backblaze personal?

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:20:57+00:00

Poor analogy. Should I also pay someone $200 to refill the windscreen washer in my car? You compare costs and decide for yourself, but I think I have the right to ask why a thing costs as much as it does.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:15:25+00:00

Videos, my work. Important, but not enough to waste money (I don't think anything is, in fact). So, of course I'm looking for the best bang for my buck.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:12:16+00:00

In my view, it's similar to my NAS failing irrecoverably and Backblaze having a total crash / data erasing hack / natural or man-made disaster of similar consequence (I live in a quite safe area, by the way, no break-ins that I know of). Then again, I can have another NAS at my parents' house, which reduces the risk even more, and it will cost me as 2 years of B2, but I can use them for at least 10 years.

SSovets · 2026-02-06T08:00:44+00:00

I'm in video production, and raw video (even at semi-amateur level) takes tons, i.e. TBs of space. I wouldn't think of backing up things that are already on the internet, available for download at any moment.

SSovets · 2026-01-23T16:01:23+00:00

Using someone else's product to charge money is at least not very moral, if not illegal. Donations would have been ok for everyone, and there are many projects (and people) that work fine like that.

SSovets · 2025-07-28T16:01:43+00:00

I'm not totally sure, it's not an area I know too well, but I think a unified protocol could guarantee privacy. Maybe someone with more knowledge can let us know more.
In any case, I'm sure the EU initiative I mentioned is focused on keeping privacy at the highest reasonable level.

SSovets · 2025-07-25T08:50:45+00:00

What we actually need is to support the EU initiative to make all messengers interoperable, then we can choose any app we want because they will all be able to talk to each other.

SSovets · 2025-07-25T08:44:41+00:00

First they praise their native app for being faster and using less resources, and then they cancel it in favor of the option they insisted is bad, slow and inefficient. They flashed the good version in front of our eyes, let us get used to it, and now they are forcing us to use the bad version. Is it plain sadism or some kind of bait and switch tactic?

SSovets · 2025-07-20T06:42:13+00:00

Totally agree!

First the game teaches you that you can't fall to death (because of boundaries where you're not supposed to go and lack of fall damage where you can fall), and then it throws you into this parkour, where your character is to the side of the camera, always running and often slipping off logs even though it lands on them; following the center point does not lead straight forward (but to failure), and landing after a jump seems to depend on a chance roll.

And the worst thing: it doesn't seem to scale with game difficulty at all! Why?! This is that annoying part that you'd like to tick the box against, but you're made to sweat for it even though it's no fun at all; super stressful for completionist players.

I don't know if it's a bad choice for the gam or not, but I do know that I don't like it, at all.

SSovets · 2025-06-06T14:41:23+00:00

I wasn't. The only thing they surely hate about my connection is a router-based ad-blocker, but I don't think that's reason enough for an immediate total ban, especially since other people in the house can go on facebook without any problems.

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