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Signal is getting Cloud Backups (futurology.today)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We are getting Cloud Backups in the future! Currently, there are two tiers planned:

The free tier offers:

30 days of media backup
??? GB of storage

The paid ($3 / mo) tier offers:

media & text backup forever
1TB of storage Both tiers' features and the pricing of the paid plan are still subject to change

What do you think about this?

Sources: SignalUpdateInfo

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think SyncThing is free. I'm not paying for 12 different clouds where each one I use 1% of the alotted storage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then just use the free tier

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't sound like any of those prices are final.

Regardless, why keep my data on some servers I don't control when there's a perfectly good local solution?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

First of all: there will definitely be a free tier. The only thing not final is storage and media backup.

Second: local backup will most likely still be an option.

Why do people always hate on new features? Just don't use them if you don't want to

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

First of all: there will definitely be a free tier.

Where did you see that confirmed?

Second: local backup will most likely still be an option.

Uhhhh I mean I would assume?

Why do people always hate on new features? Just don't use them if you don't want to

No one is "hating" on this. We're just asking legitimate questions that any other consumer might ask, and suggesting existing solutions for those who don't want to wait 7 years for Signal to eventually implement this feature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My bad... It wasn't supposed to sound that aggressive.

And to be honest: there is no confirmation for a free tier but I strongly believe (and hope) so because most people nowadays assume everything to be free and if they see Signal not having a free backup plan everyone would go

aAhHhHHHhH they are so greedy i thought they are a non-profit.

(I mean people who don't care about privacy and only use signal because their privay-aware friends told them to)