Chromebook Email Program

fj12ryder wrote:
Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

I remember that explicitly. Photobucket got taken by surprise when the rest of big tech suddenly would not only store your photo's, but also your music and everything else. It was instant obsolescence. But FJ, to your point, yes Crashplan and some other cloud companies got eaten up by the competition, but to Crashplan's credit the user's got 6 months notice and a welcome mat from another provider. At that point I decided to go with Acronis; because they won't be shutting their doors. These big tech companies already know everything about us. I was doing my taxes on PC, and when I went to save it, Microsoft flashed me a message "Don't you want to encrypt that?" The first and only time I've ever seen that. They know everything anyway.

There should be a reasonable concern for remote server based storage. They do disappear, and with little warning. Just do a search and you'll find several. The fact that they are few will be of little solace if the you're one of the few affected.

fj12ryder wrote:

time2roll wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

I thought that was just blocking picture sharing on a public forum like this one.

I retrieved all my pictures and deleted my account.
Nothing was lost or held hostage.

It was, but that was my point, no warning, just one day you couldn't post your pictures without paying.

OK except by the example there should be no concern for document storage at Google for email.

If you are using a free service to publicly distribute or share information that would be a concern.

2oldman wrote:
You get what you pay for. I use a service that charges me a whopping $2 a month, but people won't even pay that.

Usually. However, the larger the company the more they have to lose if their reputation is sullied. I pay a piddly amount for use of Google's cloud storage and have no concerns. Besides, they provide automated backup (of everything including documents, email, contacts, photos, etc.) to your personal storage device just in case.

2oldman wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

You get what you pay for. I use a service that charges me a whopping $2 a month, but people won't even pay that.

Very true, I wouldn't.

time2roll wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

I thought that was just blocking picture sharing on a public forum like this one.

I retrieved all my pictures and deleted my account.
Nothing was lost or held hostage.

It was, but that was my point, no warning, just one day you couldn't post your pictures without paying.

fj12ryder wrote:
Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

I thought that was just blocking picture sharing on a public forum like this one.

I retrieved all my pictures and deleted my account.
Nothing was lost or held hostage.

fj12ryder wrote:
Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

You get what you pay for. I use a service that charges me a whopping $2 a month, but people won't even pay that.

Remember when PhotoBucket tried to hold peoples' pictures hostage if they didn't pay?

I don't know what cloud services disappear sans warning.