Google Drive is out

[MotionMan]

I must have misinterpreted the thread title.

So now you are backtracking that I misinterpreted your post to single out Google Drive? Your intent actually WAS to single out Google Drive, correct?

MotionMan

 

[destrekor]

So now you are backtracking that I misinterpreted your post to single out Google Drive? Your intent actually WAS to single out Google Drive, correct?

MotionMan

He seems butthurt about the fact that while this thread title is specifically referring to Google Drive, the overall thread is in fact about the Cloud - due to the fact that the very nature of the conversation has moved toward the direction of comparing the varied Cloud services.

It seems that, while this makes sense to us, he wishes to ignore all of that and remain focused on Drive and only Drive, and post in a way that, intentionally or not, acts as a detractor toward Drive yet remains oblivious to the other services - which are very much a topic of conversation in this post.

Those of us who can see the obvious in this thread, dislike that because it is not an honest approach and will obviously be misinterpreted by those who do not read the whole thread or also miss the direction of conversation.

 

[lothar]

He seems butthurt about the fact that while this thread title is specifically referring to Google Drive, the overall thread is in fact about the Cloud - due to the fact that the very nature of the conversation has moved toward the direction of comparing the varied Cloud services.

It seems that, while this makes sense to us, he wishes to ignore all of that and remain focused on Drive and only Drive, and post in a way that, intentionally or not, acts as a detractor toward Drive yet remains oblivious to the other services - which are very much a topic of conversation in this post.

Those of us who can see the obvious in this thread, dislike that because it is not an honest approach and will obviously be misinterpreted by those who do not read the whole thread or also miss the direction of conversation.

He either seems to have something against Google and doesn't want to acknowledge(or is completely oblivious to the fact) that Dropbox, SkyDrive, iCloud, and Google Drive all have the same ToS.

When I asked him:
"Why do you believe users may want to look into the ToS of Google Drive specifically, but not that of Dropbox, SkyDrive, or iCloud?
Because Dropbox, Microsoft, and Apple don't make any money from ads?"

He completely side-steps the question and points:
"This thread is about Google Drive, no?"

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33355379&postcount=85

He is either trying to be intentionally dishonest or is completely oblivious to the fact that the major cloud servicing companies all have the same ToS(despite it already being pointed out several times in this thread).
Pick one.

 

[MrX8503]

Simmer down.

I use a lot of google services/products. Chrome, Docs, gmail, search, maps, and G apps for business. Would you be happier if I hated Google? Sorry I couldn't do that for you.

 

[MotionMan]

Simmer down.

I use a lot of google services/products. Chrome, Docs, gmail, search, maps, and G apps for business. Would you be happier if I hated Google? Sorry I couldn't do that for you.

No. I just wanted you to clarify your position which, to date, you seem to refuse to do.

MotionMan

 

[TheTony]

I've tried out Google drive over the last day. Today, on trying out the sharing options, I decided to share a file and make it public (for family). Within minutes the public URL showed 2 viewers named "Anonymous user 271" viewing the file.

I realize this is simply the nature of making a file public, but it was kind of strange how quickly it had viewers, considering noone else had the link. Are people/services already crawling the public docs links? I'm not sure what to make of this.

 

[Glitchny]

For anyone looking for multiple folder support for Google Drive this may be of some use

blog link

This also works with other services like DropBox, Box, etc

 

[lothar]

Simmer down.

I use a lot of google services/products. Chrome, Docs, gmail, search, maps, and G apps for business. Would you be happier if I hated Google? Sorry I couldn't do that for you.

You use all these Google services and you are not aware that the same exact Terms of Service exists on all the products that you use?
So that means you're completely oblivious to the Terms of Service for all products that you use as I alluded to earlier then.

If you have an OCD about Google Drive's ToS, why don't you have an OCD about Gmail/Chrome/Docs/Search/Maps?
You realize that Google has exactly the same ToS for all it's products, right?

Why do you have an OCD about Google Drive's ToS, and not SkyDrive, iCloud, or Dropbox?