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0 pointsgumby8y ago0 comments

FWIW Amazon drive will store any number of photos (or anything it thinks is a photo -- I havent looked to see if it looks at the file name or checks to see if it's a valid jpeg/png) for free. So if you're really backing up your photos that's an option.

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and08y ago· 2 in thread

Doesn't Drive also forbid encryption, though?

gumbyOP8y ago

I just checked the terms of service and they don't at all. They did ban rclone a while back but they said it was because of poor security in rclone itself, and haven't banned anything else.

Interestingly they say you can't use the storage for commercial purposes (whatever that means).

Dylan168078y ago

rclone was sharing an API key publicly. Not really a security flaw but understandable to block. Except that they shut down the ability for anyone to get API keys a while ago, so users can't get their own.

comboy8y ago

Yeah, I organized my backup around it. Then they decided that maybe they won't offer unlimited storage after all, and I better pay up or they are going to delete my files. Not falling for that again.

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