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Re:Dropbox silently installed new file manager app on users’... by dangus on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:12AM (#20479277)
Step 6: Maintain your server in perpetuity constantly patching and acting as a one-person security team while not getting paid for it.

(This is my not-stealthy way of saying that Nextcloud is a rather impossible alternative to Dropbox for its typical user)

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Re:Dropbox silently installed new file manager app on users’... by TeMPOraL on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:12PM (#20479849)
How this should look like, in a more perfect world:

- The "unobtrusive folder-that-sync app" is produced by multiple parties following a standardized protocol.

- The cloud storage server is handled and secured by different businesses, all following a standardized protocol.

- The user buys an app, and a cloud storage service, and they talk together.

I wonder what are the steps - cultural, technological, perhaps legal - to force SaaS vendors to cut their bullshit, unbundle distinct features, and start competing on merit instead of marketing budgets and control over user data?

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