[1.4X Ios App]

I'd say that it would be great if the "team" could release an 2.x app so that the people who wants to stay on 1.4 don't have to stop using "Update all" to keep the 1.4 app on the device.

 

This is beyond annoying.....

 

Would that be too much to expect?

[I Was In Support Of Sync 2.0, Right Up Till They Broke A Promise]

Actually, this is the one silver lining in all of this. 1.3/1.4 remains available (if a bit hard to find) and can continue function as it did previously. 

 

Actually, only for computers, for iOS you'll be nagged until doomsday to upgrade and if you upgrade you're on v2.0 ....

 

So if you're using devices this is a no go.

[I Was In Support Of Sync 2.0, Right Up Till They Broke A Promise]

Attention! - Long statement ahead ^^ - Attention!

I think complainers must stop throwing dirt and stop just seeing the company at fault. It is true that they did deceive the userbase/community, but it was not something very serious (even understandable and foreseen by many, even with much worse expectations). Compare it to other companies. Then you will say that Bittorrent Inc. actually did quite well.

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And btw, in Germany, companies are not using Dropbox, etc. at all (not even GMail, Microsoft knows that, but they can't do anything against that), because any provider that lies in a cloud with unknown data center origins or lies within America, is a threat to the company. That is no secret in Germany. The topic data security is very big here. And Bittorrent Sync would be one way to completely eradicate so many problems at once, IF it is secure. (implying no backdoors, etc.) -> regular 3rd party security audit reports concerning this matter!!!

 

I think you misunderstand somthing (I don't fell like starting a discussion), but most people have a problem with the subscription model. I would not mind paying to get a license for 2.0.x which means that I'll get all the minor releases for 2.0.x as part of my license, when they bring out 2.1 or 3.0 then I'll have to pay for a new license if I want updates. I do that for all the software I used, but the if you don't pay after 12 months it will stop working.

 

That is also in some cases called ransom-ware..... Adobe is also involved in this business.....

 

Subscription based software is something the devil invented, and it is counter productive ... in this case I could suspect that BT might not sell as many licenses as they expect.

 

I don't see why BT couldn't just leave version 1.x as it was and release a version 2.x which have all the new funky stuff, but then again I never see eye to eye with marketing people and/or developer who get a "great".....

 

As for cloud based services; It is not only in Germany, as far as I know it's most countries in the european union which have a problem with cloud based storage. And MS is currently fighting an court order to hand out data to a US court from their datacenter in Ireland.

[I Was In Support Of Sync 2.0, Right Up Till They Broke A Promise]

I've been using btsync since the early beta phase, and in generally lived with it's problems the last year. Then they started talking about version 2.0, and told that all existing features would still be available in a "free" version. Now it turns out that the version 2.0 featuers will be part of the free version, and they will limit their usage - me, I just find that an anoynance to say the least.

 

What they are trying to do is, what Adobe is doing wiht the subscription program, which is to make sure that you pay up every 12 months, as otherwise your software will stop working, and the only reason for that is that they otherwise will only see 20 - 30 % of license holders to come back and upgrade to the next version (as we call it; .next) - and that is not enough if you have to make a living out of it.

 

Now as Cola admitted; their biggest mistage was to change The Coke back in the 80's, I'm sure that Adobe will say the same in a few years times, but that does not help us, as BT have decided to anoy the hell out of any current user they have, and try to compeate with Microsoft, DropBox, Google, etc. who is out there doing cloud file shaing business, well good luck with that.

 

If BT had asked me to pay $25 to get a personal license then I'd paid up, but $40 per year, no thank you, I'll just ignore the up "next version", remove the software from my iOS devices and live happely ever after - and tell everyone I know not to touch the software as the vendor changes their mind about their license model every 5 minutes.

 

And the 25% off mail, was just to add insult to injury... marketing people do not alway have a great idea, most often the oposite....