Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

  • extant@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I looked into backblaze and was kind of turned off by the egress fee though I doubt I would exceed that for backups unless I had some really bad luck. Dropbox integrates with a lot of apps and that provides some value to me and with the comparable pricing Dropbox seems safer.

    That said I’d love to hear more because I think my situation sounds similar to yours. “$6/TB/Month. No Hidden Fees. No Delete Penalties” but then it says “Storage: $0.006 GB/Month Download: Free up to 3x monthly storage” and I’m confused, is it $6 a month for a TB or is it $0.62 for 1024 GB at $0.0006 GB/Month?

    • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      You pay for what you use. I have somewhere around 120-140GB and get a bill every 2 months. I think it has to be near a dollar you owe for them to invoice.

      Be mindful of the class A/B/C transactions at the bottom of the page with pricing. I paid about $0.60 when I first set everything up in Class C transactions. I haven’t gone over the free 2500 or whatever they give you since.

      I don’t use it quite like Dropbox with a watch daemon. I have an encrypted local back up I mount with rclone, do my work, then use rclone again to sync to b2 when I unmount it.

      I wouldn’t use to version control some project I’m working on where files change frequently. Those transactions would probably kill the cost savings at some point.