michaelk42
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Oh no. Crippling the app with only 10 folders after expressly promising such a thing wouldn't happen is one thing.
But a subscription license? NOPE, I don't rent software. Especially not software that doesn't even require hosting or any other significant support from the company. A subscription in this case is nothing but a cynical cash-grab.
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Yes when I noticed my sync icon was not in the notification bar on my phone i opened the app and saw this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1uO98-Dt7klXzFkLXl1bEJHVFE/view?usp=sharing
Each phone/tablet has 2 backup folders (pics/system) and a shared dropbox type folder...
There is a direct link to 1.4.110 that has the last non-2.0 .apk 1.4.65
The direct link to 1.4.111 has been reported to have a 0k .apk, but it's still only 1.4.65 anyway.
Once you have the .apk you're on your own for installing it I guess (Check "unknown sources" to install it, provided that option is available on your Android device.) From that point on, if it's still hooked to your Google Play store turn off auto updates, and ignore it asking to update.
You'll still have to rebuild your folders though.
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2) As for the lying thing, come on. Companies "lie" all the time. Only $19.95!* *does not include taxes, fees, and highway robbery. BT has many developers doing things that I find absolutely mind blowing. They deserve to get paid. If you want to put in the time hacking away at code to get a product that is this good and is totally free, have fun, but I'll go ahead and pay $40/yr for someone to code for me.
Really? "Everyone else is doing it too!" isn't exactly a defense here.
3) If you want to leave and find some alternative, that is fine. Don't throw a fit and tell everyone you are taking your marbles going home. You sound like the toddlers and kindergarteners that are currently littering my house on a daily basis. Be an adult about this.Again, really? I see people expressing dissatisfaction here.
(Hey, Greatmarko, if calling the dude out for likening dissatisfied users to children is a "personal attack," maybe you should consider removing that initial blanket attack instead?)
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You don't need a rooted device to be able to install the .apk - you will however have to allow your device to install applications from unknown sources (i.e. Settings -> Applications -> Allow installation of non-Market applications)
Presuming that your device allows "unknown sources" to be selected without having root access.
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Paying for a subscription to Sync is the same thing. You are paying to sync your files (in excess of the free tier) without a 3rd party middleman. While they are not only game in town that does this, all the others (that I know of) do the same thing. So you are paying for a subscription somewhere or you are not going to sync your data.
But that's not the thing. BT made a specific promise about the functionality, and then didn't follow through.
Anyway, asking for a lifetime option is fine and probably a good idea for them to do. However tying it to the mindset that only something with a physical ongoing cost is worth a subscription is disingenious. You are not paying for the hardware associated with a product, you are paying for the product.Well, no, we're only renting the product. Remember not so long ago when you paid $40-50 and got tech support for maybe a couple of years until the next major version released?
Software companies aren't moving to a subscription model for the benefit of users. The periodic subscription payments are just an ehanced revenue stream. Now they get paid more for providing that support whether people use ir or not. Then the added bonus of not having to come up with a major revision too soon (or at all.) Look at Adobe CC. They realized they couldn't think of much more in the way of new features to justify anyone upgrading on a regular basis anymore. So they went rental with everything in order to keep making money.
So no, it's not disingenuous. You can pay for Dropbox on a subscription and get off-site hosting of your files in addition to syncing them across your own hardware, in addition to support. Trying to get people to pay in that same sort of subscription model while actually providing less then even what was provided before is just being greedy.
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If I let it upgrade to .111, is it going to hobble anything or start nagging about 2.0?
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NOPE If BT isn't going to keep their promise of having the same functionality from 1.4 to 2, I've got no reason to trust BT will keep any other promises they make.
And I buy software, I don't rent it. And $40/year when there's not even hosting of data by BT? That's even worse.
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I'm just getting a non-stop barrage of them;
Apr 27 05:55:09 miniupnpd[431]: Unknown udp packet received from 192.168.1.101:49342Apr 27 06:00:38 miniupnpd[431]: Unknown udp packet received from 192.168.1.109:63505Apr 27 06:01:56 miniupnpd[431]: Unknown udp packet received from 192.168.1.104:58793Apr 27 06:10:11 miniupnpd[431]: Unknown udp packet received from 192.168.1.101:49342Apr 27 06:15:40 miniupnpd[431]: Unknown udp packet received from 192.168.1.109:63505Apr 27 06:16:58 miniupnpd[431]: Unknown udp packet received from 192.168.1.104:58793
All from the machines on my network running BTSync.
Btsync 2.0, Why Change, It's Working Like A Charm
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Oh look, weasel-words and excuses. They have altered the deal, and we just have to pray they don't alter it further.
Not the people I'm going to throw $40 at even once, much less on an annual rental basis.