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whimblepoptoday at 1:54 PM1 replyview on HN

The whole "just sync everything, and if you can't seek everything, pretend to sync everything with fake files and then download the real ones ad-hoc" model of storage feels a bit ill-conceived to me. It tries to present a simple facade but I'm not sure it actually simplifies things. It always results in nasty user surprises and sometimes data loss. I've seen Microsoft OneDrive do the same thing to people at work.


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carefulfungitoday at 3:18 PM

I’ve lost data not realizing I was backing up placeholder files (iCloud).

Hiding the network always ends in pain. But never goes out of style.

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