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Yet another application tapping into the "cloud" market.
superboyac:
Ugh, once again, another one of my favorite programs is starting to go the "cloud" way, and charging for it. MyLife Organized. I love MLO, it's a great program, but I hate paying extra for cloud services. It's only a buck or two a month, but still. Also, in their defense, it is optional.
I just don't like all this. Especially for a program like MLO, if you are going to offer cloud services, I would just be inclined to do it for free like it's an additional feature. I know, they justify it by saying they have to maintain the server, etc. It's not like they need a bunch of servers to handle all the gigabytes of information. If you take all the MLO users and their data, how much do you think there is? i don't think it's much, and offering free cloud syncing would be great! We pay for the application, and that's part of it. FullRecall did it right. They offered a syncing feature using their servers, but it was free when they added it.
I'm very opposed to paying for an application, and then paying again for a monthly service. Then what? It will be more like what Dopus does with some of it's extra features (secured ftp, usb mode) where they charge a few dollars extra for those features. Then what? how about we select the features we want a la carte?
You see how silly it is? It's funny. These software companies will go a la carte to make more money, and the tv companies will NOT go a la carte to make more money. Whatever makes more money. And I get that! I truly do, I am not opposed to companies trying to make a buck. I just don't like it as a consumer, and I am becoming increasingly frustrated. I guess I just want all of us to be aware of it, that's as much as i can do.
Seriously, I'm just going to setup my own file server at home for all these little data files. I started a thread about having my own dedicated server, but that's not happening any time soon. But for little things that don't require much bandwidth, I can have my own file server. I know...you all will say to use Dropbox, but I really want to see if I can just do it myself. For some reason, I am irrationally opposed to Dropbox. If I'm going to sync, I want to do it directly to my computer. no middle man, unless necessary. And yes, I probably will go to great lengths to try to get it to work, as crazy as I may seem to everyone out there.
tomos:
I'm very opposed to paying for an application, and then paying again for a monthly service. Then what? It will be more like what Dopus does with some of it's extra features (secured ftp, usb mode) where they charge a few dollars extra for those features. Then what? how about we select the features we want a la carte?
You see how silly it is? It's funny. These software companies will go a la carte to make more money, and the tv companies will NOT go a la carte to make more money. Whatever makes more money. And I get that! I truly do, I am not opposed to companies trying to make a buck. I just don't like it as a consumer, and I am becoming increasingly frustrated. I guess I just want all of us to be aware of it, that's as much as i can do.
-superboyac (August 31, 2010, 06:01 PM)
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There's a fine line there between wanting to make more money and thinking "we'll screw the customers for all we can get". It's probably very subjective but when they go over that line I very much resent it and move on when & where I can
superboyac:
There's a fine line there between wanting to make more money and thinking "we'll screw the customers for all we can get". It's probably very subjective but when they go over that line I very much resent it and move on when & where I can
-tomos (August 31, 2010, 11:48 PM)
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I totally agree. I can't criticize MLO too much for it because it is relatively cheap and optional. I just don't like the trend in general. I feel you, though. There definitely is a line somewhere that's hard to describe. i guess one of the first things I would ask is, "does this really need to be on someone else's server? Really?" Then I move on from there. The answer is usually no.
Stoic Joker:
While I have to admit I've been enjoying this roll you've been on, I've just got to ask... Are you having an I was born in the wrong century/hate technology moment?
superboyac:
While I have to admit I've been enjoying this roll you've been on, I've just got to ask... Are you having an I was born in the wrong century/hate technology moment?
-Stoic Joker (September 01, 2010, 08:00 AM)
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Yeah, i don't know what's happening. i guess it started when i was thinking about getting an ipad and I started thinking about all of this more seriously. I've always felt I was born in the wrong century, so to speak. But i don't hate technology, i love it! Actually, I do know why this is happening, I just can't talk about it yet....after December....
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