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[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Next will be memory. They will say everything you meed should be stored online for a subscription fee.

[-] littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Microsoft is already trying hard. My poor mom did not notice all her files are on OneDrive. Now she has two laptops with everything remote on OneDrive. It's has some advantages, but it's annoying in so many more ways.

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

There's a setting in Onedrive to keep a copy of everything on the device. It will still get stored in the cloud too, but it means that everything will be available if the internet goes down.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago
[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

A few years ago my ex got a new laptop and it had onedrive enabled system-wide by default. She didn't realize until after she had been using it for months, I had to spend several hours backing up her files and defenestrating onedrive. It not as simple as just turning it off because it was even on critical system folders, you have to go in the registry and remap the those folders manually one at time before you can disable it.

It is possible, but it fucking sucks.

[-] umulu@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

It's not annoying at all. It's peace of mind. People are just not used to it

[-] umulu@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I didn't criticize anyone, I didn't disrespect anyone, so it's surprising getting this many downvotes and answers.

Still, it's your opinion, and I will still share mine.

Local backups have their flaws, just like cloud backups.

I have 1TB storage using my school account. I am constantly changing between devices, and I like having my files always accessible.

Everything important, I keep in two local backups (external HDD and SSD).

The only thing I dislike about onedrive, is the sync of desktop, documents and images folder. I have turned that off, but my docs folder still appears to be syncing with onedrive.

Besides that, it's the best thing for me. And like I said... "Peace of mind". Just because you don't like that, it does not mean it is a bad solution.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

No, its kidnapping your data to keep you trapped as their customer. If you want peace of mind, you can make your own backups.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Google keeps trying to back up my non existent photos. It's annoying.

[-] max_adam@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Google photos made it difficult to download or delete your pictures on purpose. You have to manually select them. There is still a way to get them and it was because of GDPR, when you ask google for the whole data of your account they include the pictures and video from google photos.

[-] anivia@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

You don't need to request all account data, you can request only the Google photos data

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

This is Apple already.

Oh. You can only afford 4GB iPhone? Not to worry, for only $10 a month we can store stuff for you.

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Also we got rid of photo stream and if you delete the file from the cloud then we remove it from every device

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