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    I'm moving from Google Drive to OneDrive - any reason to turn back?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by deucelee, Dec 3, 2014.

  1. deucelee

    deucelee Notebook Consultant

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    I love nearly google everything but thinking about turning to OneDrive for my cloud needs. Here are the reasons why:

    1.) I like having quick access to the hierarchy of all the folders in OneDrive when I open up windows explorer. For G-Drive, I need to expand the C drive, users, my name, Google drive.

    2.) OneDrive has automatic backup of pictures from my phones. Google wants me to back them up in Google+ <-- correct me if I'm wrong here...

    3.) Cost - For $8.25 a month ($99/12), I get 1TB x 5 users in cloud backup with OneDrive. There's also Office 365 with that deal that I can use office products from nearly everywhere. So if you consider each TB of backup is worth $2 at least a month, that's already $10 worth of could backup and you get office 365 to boot. Google drive by itself is $10 for 1TB.

    So I have about 10GB of content that I mess with regularly. I know some of you may think "WHO CARES! USE WHATEVER YOU WANT!", but I'm wondering if there's something I'd be missing if I let Google drive go all together and stop using it. Would I be missing some feature or functionality from google?
     
  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here is something one forgets....You don't own your data once you move it to the CLOUD no matter how much they like to talk secure you give up all your control to your private information and pics when you upload it to their servers and if you think deleting removes it - your in for rude awaking. Servers are backup world wide delete one account it is still backup to another servers so try all you want - your data once it goes to CLOUD will remain in cloud long after your gone for anyone to hack into or get data from. What you want on the Cloud is worthless data that no one would want and all important data should be kept local on your HDD/SDD or spare HDD/SDD that way no one other then you have access to them. And this is not fear mongering this is reality folks...once it goes CLOUD you no longer are the owner of it.
     
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  3. TreeTops Ranch

    TreeTops Ranch Notebook Deity

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    You could encrypt your data before sending it to Onedrive but I have found that is an extra hassle that you will soon get tired of doing.