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Anon notices what they've taken from us (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] umulu 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I didn't criticize anyone, I didn't disrespect anyone, so it's surprising getting this many downvotes and answers.

Still, it's your opinion, and I will still share mine.

Local backups have their flaws, just like cloud backups.

I have 1TB storage using my school account. I am constantly changing between devices, and I like having my files always accessible.

Everything important, I keep in two local backups (external HDD and SSD).

The only thing I dislike about onedrive, is the sync of desktop, documents and images folder. I have turned that off, but my docs folder still appears to be syncing with onedrive.

Besides that, it's the best thing for me. And like I said... "Peace of mind". Just because you don't like that, it does not mean it is a bad solution.

[–] Blue_Morpho 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm surprised your post didn't get deleted by a moderator. Lemmy is weird about dissenting opinions.

I don't like OneDrive. I particularly don't like how it integrates into everything without an easy way to turn it off. But I see the value for regular people to be forced to back up their data by default.

[–] umulu 2 points 11 months ago

Didn't knew that.

But, after getting downvoted, I searched for better solutions.

It appears that a good option would be to encrypt my files (using 7-zip or veracrypt) and upload them to a more privacy focused cloud storage provider.

However, paying for cloud when I have it for free does not make sense.

But, I already started encrypting every file with 25 char password (randomized and saved using bitwarden). So, better than nothing, right?