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Amazon Announces Unlimited Cloud Storage Plans
An anonymous reader sends word that Amazon is now offering unlimited cloud storage plans to compete with Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive. "Last year, Amazon gave a boost to its Prime members when it launched a free, unlimited photo storage for them on Cloud Drive. Today, the company is expanding that service as a paid offering to cover other kinds of content, and to users outside of its loyalty program. Unlimited Cloud Storage will let users get either unlimited photo storage or "unlimited everything" — covering all kinds of media from videos and music through to PDF documents — respectively for $11.99 or $59.99 per year."
"But what I get is priceless: total control"
Unless there's a fire, a break-in, an earthquake, a tsunami...
Or do you also have backups all over the world? After all, you pay 10 times the Amazon price.
Now I have somewhere to put my advertised "unlimited retension" Usenet servers!
Will they have a linux client?
What he's doing isn't stupid if he is willing to pay the ~$1k+ premium of running & maintaining that set up + viable backup for the benefits he feels it provides.
It is however incredibly stupid to compare it to online solutions like Google Drive and this Amazon service. It's like comparing buying chopped tomatoes with having your own tomato farm and processing plant because you want to know the origin and factory conditions.
"We may change, suspend or discontinue the Service, or any part of it, at any time without notice."
To do something right, you often have to roll up your sleeves and get busy.