Re:Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterpr...
by mrguyorama on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:44PM
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One thing nobody really says is that backblaze actually requires everything you've backed up to be accessible to the computer at least once a month, so you can't actually delete something you've backed up unless you're willing to lose it in a month, or pay extra for the 1 year retention tier.
Essentially you need to own the physical drive space to store anything on backblaze, so there's not much reason to abuse it.
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Re:Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterpr...
by morpheuskafka on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:40PM
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Wonder how difficult it would be to patch the client or just make some sort of fake FUSE filesystem to bypass this.
Re:Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterpr...
by zaarn on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:24AM
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IIRC their client detects FUSE and friends. People have used iSCSI or ATAoE to bypass this, but that comes with it's own limitations. Most people don't bother.
Re:Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterpr...
by SpelingBeeChamp on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:53AM
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I doubt $2/month is a disincentive to a hoarder whose only alternative would be to pay per GB for the storage space they are using.
Re:Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterpr...
by mrguyorama on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:14PM
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That only allows them to delete things for less than a year, they would still have to develop some sort of system for redownloading all their data, putting it in a backed up drive, and leaving that drive plugged in for about 2 days for backblaze to actually notice it