FPtje

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  1. I Was In Support Of Sync 2.0, Right Up Till They Broke A Promise

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    Due to a bug in the damn thing my BTMusic folder on all devices are read only. There's no way I can connect it in a read-write way.

    Is BTSync 2.0 forcing this in some way? For some 1.4 folders to be read only when you add a new device? Some other folders arewritable. I couldn't find an option to get the "write" 1.4 key in the Linux 2.0 client, so I made it a 2.0 folder.

     

    I feel dirty now. I had no real choice though.

  2. I Was In Support Of Sync 2.0, Right Up Till They Broke A Promise

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    Posted · Edited by FPtje

    I agree that a promise was broken.

     

    At the same time I don't mind paying $ 40 a year. Why? Because it will support continued development. This is incredibly advanced software with huge complexities. It provides us users amazing convenience circumventing the cloud and making syncing of large files simple and easy.

     

    The 10 folder limit (with unlimited subfolders) and one identity for multiple devices is not unreasonable for a product that is free. 

     

    What will we do as users to assure that these developers will continue to advance this piece of amazing software? I propose we pay a reasonable fee. What is reasonable? 1 Starbucks cappuccino per month. Now that is a hell of a deal.

     

    Let's support these developers.

    Oh do you think you're safe with the paid version?

    With 2.0 they came up with the pro version, but no changes to any logic needs to be made to come up with a platinum version. Like I said, they are comfortable with limiting existing users of a particular plan (in this case the only plan: the free one) in an update. There's no guarantee that the free one will not get any further limits. I already said that, but the same applies for the pro version. There is no guarantee, and even an enlarged risk of the pro version being limited in updates to make room for a more expensive platinum or so version.

     

    Think of restrictions like "10 folders for free, 15 for pro, unlimited for platinum". 

     

    Literally every argument given in favor of the 10 folder limit could also apply for the 15 folder pro limit.

     

    The 15 folder limit (with unlimited subfolders) and five identities for multiple devices is not unreasonable for a product that is not the highest subscription. 

     

    What will we do as users to assure that these developers will continue to advance this piece of amazing software? I propose we pay a more reasonable fee. What is reasonable? 1.5 Starbucks cappuccinos per month. Now that is a hell of a deal.

  3. I Was In Support Of Sync 2.0, Right Up Till They Broke A Promise

    in Sync General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by FPtje

     

    A few things:

    1. It's sad that free features in 1.4 didn't carry over to 2.0, especially when we were assured they would.

      That said:

       

    2. Perspective point A: this is still the sync solution with the best cross-platform support.
    3. Perspective point B: it's still more capable than Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.
    4. Perspective point C: the only alternative paid P2P product I know of, Cubby, costs ~$90/year. I know this as a Cubby refugee myself

     

    I'm responding to a really old post here, but I think this reasoning deserves some extra attention.

    Perspective points A, B and C are all about how BTSync is better than anything else. The reasoning is that this justifies everything? They are in a power position, does that give them the right to abuse it? No it doesn't, and even if the 10 folder limit was otherwise a good choice, this would not  be a valid argument for it.

     

    No one is denying the deceiving, not even the people defending the decision. Have another perspective to this deceit: (to show that we people are not just "throwing dirt"):

     

    Upgrading your setup to 2.0 breaks syncing if you upgrade more than 10 folders. Version 1.4 and below can be used exactly as it is supposed to be, and things would still break in the upgrade. That is unheard of. They are forcing people to either stay out of date or pay up. That is much more than just breaking promises.

     

    BitTorrent is setting a precedent: They are clearly comfortable with limiting the free version in updates. There is no guarantee, and even an enlarged risk that they will limit the free version even further in future updates.

     

    Luckily the 2.0 app on Android supports 1.4 folders. I'm sticking with that for now, I might try Syncthing.