Since more than one person appears offended by my warning not to put all your eggs in one basket online, could someone please tell me why that warning is so offensive? I offered it in good faith.
I had a friend who lost a bunch of their photos with the PhotoBucket thing. Uploaded them, then his local harddrive failed, and he had no other backups. Then PhotoBucket changed their business model and wanted $100's of dollars to re-activate access to his pictures.
I see the same thing potentially happening with DropBox here. Which is why I said "USE but don't DEPEND" on services like this. DropBox is not there yet, but it's moving in that direction.
Can someone tell me why it was offensive to point out these potential issues? I honestly don't understand. BTW, my friend (R.I.P.) was not an idiot, he was a highly respected and acknowledged engineer. Even smart people can make mistakes.
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