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Old 02-13-2013, 05:32 AM   #43
koland
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
Keep in mind that "for life" often means "for 5-10 years" with digital services. When they get big enough to go public, the previous permanent-account users often get screwed over. If they don't get big enough to go public, the new owners may not honor the previous contracts.

Which doesn't mean it's not a great bargain. Just don't expect it to stick around longer than, f'rex, EReader.com. Or MegaUpload.

(I got a box account about three weeks ago. No idea if I'm eligible for the 50gb thing.)
Ereader is biting it (and B&N's transfer process is dead stupid - I've never received any books or any "codes", despite signing up both my accounts several times), but until they did, they kept my books alive over a decade (thru three or four owners and corporate names changes, without me ever having to even change a password).

Hopefully the services have learned from megaupload, tho, and won't encourage so much blatant copyright violation and get closed down. It's always a danger, though (as is them simply going belly up with no notice and turning off the boxes; there's no notice to customers requirement, as there is for employees of large companies) -- so never consider it your sole storage place (no matter how much Amazon encourages that), but more as an off-site backup.
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