Add DirectSync to Basic Version
I see today's update added the pricing schema. I am extremely disappointed that DirectSync is being taken out of the Basic version. With Microsoft shutting down the Live Mesh network next year, I feel you have a way better chance of attracting the audience that used it if you keep that functionality free. I was one of the customers looking for a solution, and thought I had found it, until now.
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Thank you for commenting on this post during the beta period. We have read every comment and considered your input greatly. As product developers, we’re passionate about providing affordable, elegant solutions for our customers and we recognize the value that DirectSync provides for you as individuals and businesses.
Our Cubby product strategy is to provide customers with a choice for how they want to manage, share, store and secure their data. We’ve spent multiple man-years investing in and building Cubby to provide this choice, and hope our users will see value in it. DirectSync is an integral part of our solution for customers who, in addition to choice, value mobility, collaboration, manageability, and security. We’re striving to provide the highest quality user experience, one that our customers love, and one we’ll be able to continue to invest in.
We strongly considered alternative pricing schemes involving DirectSync, but in the end decided that it just didn’t support our long term strategy. We do not have any plans to offer DirectSync as part of a lower-cost or free option. We hope that you understand our decision and respect your decision to find alternative solutions should Cubby not be the right fit for you.
Best regards,
The Cubby Team
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JerryWithaJ
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Forgot to add the answer to the obvious [Q]: "If Cubby's all that great, why are you still looking? [A]: Because I don't like it that Cubby is constantly grabbing a usually small but sometimes large portion of my CPU when other sync services are having their expected no activity.
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JerryWithaJ
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And the (usually vague other than "LMI won't give me what I want for free) complaints keep coming in. Recall, I am not an LMI fanboy. I demanded and received a refund over what they did to me with their earlier time stamp problem. If I could live with one service, I'd go with Dropbox, but I need two to keep my business and personal files apart., so I continue to keep me ear to the ground. As far as I can tell, Cubby is still the best (only) service when the requirements are a multiple folder solution with the ability to seed large folders. BitTorrent Sync? Maybe eventually, but what I got for trying to seed is copies of everything with "in conflict with version on <other computer>" or something similar. Jottacloud? Every so often--but you can rely on it--files get tagged with the date on which they are copied.rather than the date they were last modified and Jottacloud seems unable to fix it. Copy? I've watched Copy sit there while Cubby and Dropbox transfer files immediately. I intend to put all of the services through their paces again once I get done grading exams, since just about everything is in beta or newly out of beta. Complain about Cubby if you wish, but it's not so easily replaced or dismissed as many of the posts here suggest.
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Luis
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I considered using cubby for some time, but it proved not worthy.
Adios Cubby!
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Knismogenic
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@longlivebittorrentsync glad you're liking BitTorrent Sync! ...yes, development is moving fast, and as I've said previously, will certainly be the death of both Cubby and AeroFS!
...and yep, MS were stupid to kill of Mesh... and even stupider to try to convince us that SkyDrive was "better" than Mesh(!)
Anyway, for those of you who haven't tried BitTorrent Sync yet, it's 100% free and available for your OS here: http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html
...and I do feel for all those Cubby users who've reluctantly forked out for a pointless Cubby subscription because they felt they had no choice! If only they'd listened when I first posted here about BitTorrent Sync way back in Feb! ....anyway, I hope you guys make the switch to BitTorrent Sync and then demand your money back from Cubby/LogMeIn!
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longlivebittorrentsync
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BitTorrent Sync rocks!!!
Microsoft was stupid to kill LiveMesh.
Cubby was stupid to make DirectSync a paying functionality... you shot your longterm strategy in the foot.
BitTorrent Sync development is moving fast, new features are added regularly.
- it works on Windows, OSX, Linux and several Linux based NAS
- not central server to sign up/register with
- you do not share anything with anyone else unless you want to
- no internet access required.
- Inside LAN peers will be discovered without DHT or trackers.
- If you spend few minutes to setup peer with public IP:port (you could do this by using plain port mapping) and configure predefined hosts, then peers will be discovered using this static peer. Not mentioning that if you will use cheap VPS with installed Sync/Linux you will get peer with static ip:port, but also cloud storage.
- soon to be released: private trackers and private relay
- soon to be released: Android, iOS, WP8 versionsBitTorrent Sync rocks!!!
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Knismogenic
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@Julia Aww.. you're very welcome! ...and I hope BitTorrent Sync fits your needs! :)
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Julia
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@Knismogenic: Thanks for yr always solid and useful information! Yes, I'll soon give it a try!
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Knismogenic
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@Julia - this is correct, but it's now in public alpha (It had previously been a closed alpha). I've been on the alpha team since mid-Feb, and since them there have been a number of updated builds. Even the builds back then in Feb were stable and usable, and now the current builds are very solid, to the point where I've been confident enough to now completely ditch both Cubby and AeroFS and use BitTorrent Sync as my sole sync solution.
In my opinion, it's ready to have its "alpha" tag dropped, but if you're worried about the "alpha" tag, maybe give it a go and try syncing some non-essential files first, and hopefully you'll soon see how solid and stable and lightning fast a sync product it is already! :)
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Julia
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@Knismogenic: As I understand it, Bit Torrent Sync is still in Alpha. Am I correct?
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Knismogenic
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@JerryWithaJ - don't let the word "torrent" put you off - BitTorrent Sync uses secure P2P technology to privately sync your devices. Your traffic/data doesn't go through other user's machines, and other user's traffic/data does not go through your devices.
@Bill, as a former Mesh, then Cubby, then AeroFS user myself, I know where you're coming from - Whilst in many ways AeroFS is better than Cubby (they don't charge for direct sync for a start!), I didn't like the fact that AeroFS required Java, and that you could only sync a single central folder between devices. - so do give BitTorrent Sync a try! It'll run on XP too (SP3 required), and there's a very good dedicated support forum too (http://forum.bittorrent.com/forum/56-bittorrent-sync/), which in which the developers of BitTorrent Sync are very active and responsive!
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JerryWithaJ
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@Knismogenic: The word 'torrent' worries me. Does it mean that when I'm using it I'm also helping others sync their devices? That is, are others' data passing through whichever of my machines are logged in?
Thanks!
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Bill
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Thanks Knismogenic, will be checking out SyncApp.
I've been testing AeroFS between a Win7 & XP PC and have found it fails to sync file changes from XP to 7.
Have sent numerous problem reports and have had fairly good support, but it hasn't been fixed as yet. -
Knismogenic
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As many of you will know, I've been an alpha tester for BitTorrent's "SyncApp" project, so I just wanted to let you know that it's now available for public download at http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html
Unlike Cubby, BitTorrent Sync is - and will remain - 100% free, and allows for "Direct Sync" between your devices!
...and also unlike AeroFS (which I know a lot of you guys moved to when Cubby screwed us!), BitTorrent Sync doesn't require Java, and will allow you to sync ANY folder!!
So, sorry Cubby, but BitTorrent Sync will prove be the final nail in your coffin!!
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JerryWithaJ
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I don't know how LMI could be any clearer. They said DIrectSync would not a freebie, they closed the thread in *December*, there hasn't been so much as a peep to the contrary. Anyone desperate enough for free direct syncing might look into AeroFS, which has its own issues, or isyncbox.
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tisha.lane317
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I only want to use Cubby for DirectSync. Is there any plans in providing a different payment scheme for other users who do not need 100GB of cloud storage but want to use DirectSync only? Paying 85 bucks for one year of DirectSync is a little too big for me to want to swallow. If there was a monthly payment, I'd be MUCH more willing to sign up.
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Tony
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@JerryWithaJ. Right, in Canada as I imagine in the US, the $83 is deducted from gross income before taxes are calculated. So my net cost is $83 X (1-taxrate). For small businesses, that still works out to about $60 after tax out of my pocket. I'd prefer to have the $60 in my pocket! :) I keep telling my friends "there is no such thing as a business write-off, something still comes out of my pocket, the less I earn, the more that deductible expense ends up costing me". I agree, my lost time can never be recovered.
Steering the thread back to Cubby, Cubby will earn my net $60/yr if it keeps a light footprint especially on my netbook, works without glitches, requires no fiddling with the firewalls or router, and saves me grief.
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JerryWithaJ
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@Tony, and if you're in the US (and most anywhere else, I'd imagine) your $83 is tax deductible whereas your lost time isn't.
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Tony
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@mik, it's a matter of minimizing my losses. I spent hours and hours reading forums for different products, loaded and tried AreoFS and GoodSync, and chased down reviews on other products to replace Live Mesh (Live Mesh had it right for me). Compared to the $83 for Cubby, I lost way more in income (I'm self employed, no income when I'm trying to get my technology to work). So I pay my money, for now my files sync fine and there's an Android app so I can access files that I do opt to put on the cloud. Oh and Cubby just works right "out of the box" with my firewall, no punching holes or changing settings. I could never get GoodSync to work through the firewall and AreoFS only syncs files in the AeroFS folder. I'm not locked into Cubby, If it stops working tonight, I still have my files, I also have a WD MyBook Live NAS where I do one-way sync for backup and I can access that drive (my private cloud where I own and hold the hardware) remotely, it's just not sync'd automatically. So am I an idiot for spending $83. Maybe, but I'm back to work and if I uninstall Cubby tomorrow, I've not lost any files or committed to a proprietary setup.
@mik, can you expand on your comment "when all your files don't sync and you have general file issues", I'm not aware these are issues with Cubby, What do we need to be aware of?
Live Mesh, Live Mesh, Live Mesh, Live Mesh, Live Mesh, Live Mesh, Live Mesh, Live Mesh...
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JerryWithaJ
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iSyncbox is slow working across the web. When I connected my computer at work to my Syncbox, the computer all but ground to a halt. When connected only to computers only on my home network, everything ran fine and I was able to recover deleted files as with any cloud service.
Give it another few iterations and it may smooth itself out. With SO many services coming on line, one has to wonder which will survive the competition. I suspect Cubby will because of its multiple folder feature. Copy.com is trying hard. They may survive on price IF they can turn a profit on what they are charging. Scary time to be in the business.
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JerryWithaJ
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*Every* service has its problems as can be seen by visiting its bulletin boards. (You want a *real* horror story? Visit Live Kive!) I got so fed up with LMI and the problems that they caused that I convinced them that a refund would be in everyone's best interests. However, the time stamp problem that drove me there is largely fixed. At least Cubby is the same as many other services in that regard. And that will be true of most serious issues. Users report them, sites fix them, for the most part. Some faster and with more sensitivity than others.
Tony and all of us who are still here are taking a risk by being here, but we're here because Cubby meets a need in a way that other sites don't. The sad part for LMI is that, thanks to their callousness, the things I use Cubby for can be accomplished with their free version.
