it really is too bad. All of the major tech companies' competitors are junk. Google Drive is the least bad of the bunch (out of, say, OneDrive, iCloud, and formerly Amazon Drive), but it's still not great to deal with. DropBox really does do a great job

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jsmith99 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

OneDrive used to be rubbish but nowadays it's reliable. We use it at work and I don't feel any pressure to move to Dropbox. It's also much cheaper.

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packetlost 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Considering I have one friend who just lost data due to a OneDrive bug less than a month ago, I'm going to say no. I have zero tolerance for data loss.

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ValentineC 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> OneDrive used to be rubbish but nowadays it's reliable. We use it at work and I don't feel any pressure to move to Dropbox.

OneDrive for Business and OneDrive Personal are two different backends. I'm guessing that you're using the "Business" version?

	▲	dpark an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It’s a unified stack now. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/parable-python-goat-story-amb...

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zipy124 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

OneDrive still regularly fails when downloading large files... Unusable.

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fireflash38 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

OneDrive is awful.

Why are my files I created on my local device not on my device

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trollbridge 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Click “keep files on my device”.

I had to uncheck this box since I let my OneDrive (business) account bloat up to 2TB.

	▲	smilespray an hour ago \| parent [-]
		This should be the default behavior. Microsoft deliberately chose not to because keeping your files in the cloud is a barrier to easy switching.

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idatum 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But you can just use any cloud blob storage provider (including the big ones) along with the rclone utility. rclone supports many.

I even use rclone to sync photos to OneDrive I can then share with family/friends.

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amluto 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Google Drive has gotten inexplicably cheap for Workspace users, too.

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svara 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The desktop client used to be just terrible. Has that changed? The Dropbox client does have its issues but it's really amazing at... Syncing files. I use it pretty creatively with large numbers of files and large volumes and it just works reliably.

	▲	bentt an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I find Google Drive desktop to be just fine on Windows. Gave up a long time Dropbox sub for it and I have been happy. Dropbox just got too bloaty and unfocused for me.

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dawnerd 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They've raised prices a lot over the last few years while reducing the storage you get.

	▲	amluto 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The pricing is weird. If you want to buy à la carte storage, it appears to be $40/TB/month for business and $30/TB/month for enterprise: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/storage/buy-mor... This is more than S3 charges, but S3 will nickel and dime you aggressively for using that storage depending on your use case. But $22/month buys an entire Google Workspace seat, which includes 5TB, for an effective $5.50/TB/month, which is quite a good deal. On the other hand, it’s rather lacking in flexibility. I find this all somewhat confusing. At least one of these offerings does not reflect the underlying cost of the product.

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sssilver 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What's the issue with iCloud?

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watermelon0 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It doesn't have a great cross platform support (no Linux client, and there are many complaints for the Windows client).

Personally, I dislike that you cannot restore an older version of a file on laptop/phone, and must instead use their web app, for which you need to disable ADP, which defeats its purpose.

	▲	msh 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I know it’s not a official client but rclone have great iCloud support (but only if you don’t enable advanced data protection).

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browningstreet 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Mounting Dropbox on Linux machines is really easy. Google Drive has terrible support for binary files and namespaces.

For business purposes I didn't want to use iCloud. But it seems like it's iCloud & Dropbox then.