Will BitTorrent Sync remain free, or will they start charging for it once it comes out of beta?
BitTorrent Sync will remain free!
From BitTorrent:
"If tomorrow we want to charge you $100 for 10Kb transferred, stop everything related to the app or try to force you not to use BitTorrent Sync, we just physically can't achieve that!
BitTorrent Sync will work tomorrow exactly like it works today, no matter what we will do. And it will work exactly like today even 10 years from now, of course, if we will have computers in future " (Source)
...and in publicising the start of the "beta" phase on 17 July 2013, the team commented: "And don’t worry. BitTorrent Sync is still free, simple to use, and secure. Pretty awesome, huh?"
Hello,
I am new user of BTSync. I read a lot last few days about features and possibilities to use. A lot of articles show me why BTSync is the best resolution for me. Then I realized that free version is limited to ten directories. It mean that you change your mind as many others companies (look to the source). I am scared that after year of using you will change mind again and only 1 directories will be synchronized for free.
I said about this change because it is really important and you couldn't said that free functionality is the same. a lot of people write that they had solution synchronize many small directories (laptops, tablets, phones of family) on own NAS. Now, its is change and not possible. What next?
Maybe asking about it will be stupid, but 40$/year is almost the same price like CrashPlan, Carbonite, Amazon Cloud Drive. Of course it is other and slover solution, but much cheaper for many people (remember about NAS + HDD + power).
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Hello,
I am new user of BTSync. I read a lot last few days about features and possibilities to use. A lot of articles show me why BTSync is the best resolution for me. Then I realized that free version is limited to ten directories. It mean that you change your mind as many others companies (look to the source). I am scared that after year of using you will change mind again and only 1 directories will be synchronized for free.
I said about this change because it is really important and you couldn't said that free functionality is the same. a lot of people write that they had solution synchronize many small directories (laptops, tablets, phones of family) on own NAS. Now, its is change and not possible. What next?
Maybe asking about it will be stupid, but 40$/year is almost the same price like CrashPlan, Carbonite, Amazon Cloud Drive. Of course it is other and slover solution, but much cheaper for many people (remember about NAS + HDD + power).