Perhaps they ought to invest in tape drives and (encrypted) offsite backups at friends' homes. If they want convenience of always-available data, they have to pay for that

You misunderstand.

You're not storing any data on rsync.net - you're just using our 'rclone' that is built into the platform.

The minimum is $9/mo. Or less if you ask about the HN discount.

Oh! That’s very cool, I definitely did misunderstand.

That seems like incredible value for that kind of connectivity. Thank you for broadening my toolset. I can immediately think of a few little projects where such a technique will be useful.