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I wonder how widely usable is file sharing nowadays when most of the non tech people just use cloud services for their data, be it google docs or some cloud pho
by miksak 1y ago
I wonder how widely usable is file sharing nowadays when most of the non tech people just use cloud services for their data, be it google docs or some cloud photo storage
- supportengineer 1y agoNon-tech people couldn't tell you what a "file" is.
- ryandrake 1y agoI think non-tech people used to be able to, but tech companies have been on a 10+ year long crusade against the concept of a "file" and where that file is "stored" and trying to blur once-sharp lines so that people forget. Tech really wants you to think of your data as an amorphous blob vaguely "in their app" and not worry about crisp delineations like files, whose hard drive those files are on, and whose machine that hard drive is in.
- nrmitchi 1y agoMost non-tech people do not just use cloud services for their data. Really not sure where you got that from, but even if it was true, most non-tech people will still shy away from putting a 250G file in a cloud service once they get prompted to upgrade their plan because they don't have enough space.
- thehappypm 1y agoCloud is kinda the default now. Most Americans just take pictures with their iPhones and it ends up in icloud.
- throwawayffffas 1y agoThat's different from getting a Dropbox account or manually uploading stuff to Google drive in order to share it with someone.
- tomazsh 1y agoRight. We don't provide storage. Blip is designed to be the fastest way to send things to your devices and to other people in real time, without waiting for uploads, sync, or managing shared links.
- crazygringo 1y agoThe point is your stuff is in there already. You just click share and send somebody a link.
- crazygringo 1y agoI dunno, seems like most do? Their stuff is in Google Photos, Google Docs, iCloud Drive, etc. And yes they pay for the space once their photos or phone backups get big enough. And I don't know any non-tech people who have any 250GB files. The only people I know with those shoot 4K video professionally. Or scientists running truly massive simulations.