Highlights:
- Rakuten Drive offers free 10GB storage and unlimited file transfers, unlike competitors.
- Integrates with Microsoft 365 for document viewing and editing.
- Targets both individuals and businesses with separate plans.
- Paid “PRO” version increases storage to 1TB, allows bigger file uploads, and extends transfer link expiration.
- Future integration with Rakuten’s loyalty program planned.
unlimited file transfers, unlike competitors.
Looking into my crystal ball…
I give this 2-3 months before file transfers are limited due to multi-terrabyte daily transfers from accounts hosting pirated media.
I am inclined to think the privacy protections on this would be awful.
Encrypt everything before uploading it.
For 10 GB of storage? Meh. It feels like setting this up would be a headache unless someone really needed it for something iffy. It’s so tiny.
Cryptomator is free and about as easy as encryption comes.
10 Gigabytes! That are almost two 4K movies with heavy compression.
SaaSS (service as a software substitute) bullshit
It is common for SaaSS dis-services to charge a monthly fee for use. Usually one SaaSS site does not substitute for another, so if users become unhappy with one dis-service provider it is no easy matter to switch to another. When users become dependent on one, it can gouge them at will with repeated small price increases that over time add up to a lot. We view the loss of freedom inherent in SaaSS as worse than the cost in money, but when a dis-service has you over a barrel, the cost can be painful. Thus, even users who don’t see deeper than the bottom line should beware of SaaSS.
Businesses should host their own servers.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html
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Nobody’s saying to host it on-premises. The SaaSS article is advocating running software that you control on servers that you control. That’s it. The server is likely in a datacenter, and its hardware could be owned by the datacenter, the customer, or someone else. It could be a virtualized host.
The SaaSS article is about software and services, not hardware.
Speedrunning Dropbox, box.com, …
If they support webdav then it means free 10gb swap “ram”
Who is this even for? 10 gigs is a rounding era in drive space.
People aren’t storing massive amounts of data on cloud storage. For text document storage or even a moderate number of images, 10 GB is enough for many people.
Rakuten are the ones who make Kobo, a Kindle competitor that’s more popular outside of the US - I have a Kobo.
Likely this is to eventually integrate into their Kobo device offerings, to let you upload your own .epubs (as opposed to Amazon .mobi). 10GB may be small fish for everything else but for ebook storage it’s more than you’d ever need.
Ah makes sense
And what protocols do they support?
For personal backups I can recommend Jottacloud, although they only have servers in Norway.
I have literally never heard of this company before and it sounds like particularly unsubtle Indian scammers
Headline:
One of Japan’s largest tech companies just launched its own cloud storage service
Yeah but I can’t be bothered to google it so it must be a scam.
They have a whole bunch of purchases, the one I’m familiar with is Kobo years ago
They took over a UK company called Play.com that was big in the 2010s for cheap CD purchases.
I get it, you don’t watch football/soccer.
Is it 10 Gigabyte or Terabyte?
