GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Proton @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoProton's new Drive Lite plan, offering 20GB of storage for $0.99lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down14
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkProton's new Drive Lite plan, offering 20GB of storage for $0.99lemmy.worldGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Proton @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareMeldrik@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s nice to have the option, but I feel like 20GB doesn’t really do much. Especially if it’s for storing photos. It could be nice if they could set a $/GB price, so I could customise the amount of storage instead.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoIt’s for people who need more than 5GB but not 200GB. People in the developing world, or lower income brackets, who can’t afford 5-10 USD a month, or people who transfer photos offline instead of keeping their entire camera roll in the cloud.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agothey probably slice up drives. What you’re recommending would probably lead to wasted disk space.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI doubt it, it’s probably more efficient (and cheaper) to use some sort of object storage method and store each file as an encrypted blob
It’s nice to have the option, but I feel like 20GB doesn’t really do much. Especially if it’s for storing photos.
It could be nice if they could set a $/GB price, so I could customise the amount of storage instead.
It’s for people who need more than 5GB but not 200GB. People in the developing world, or lower income brackets, who can’t afford 5-10 USD a month, or people who transfer photos offline instead of keeping their entire camera roll in the cloud.
they probably slice up drives. What you’re recommending would probably lead to wasted disk space.
I doubt it, it’s probably more efficient (and cheaper) to use some sort of object storage method and store each file as an encrypted blob