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Matthias1 | 4 years ago

Are you affiliated with rsync.net, competing with BackBlaze? Is the major difference with rsync.net that they charge per GB?

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rsync|4 years ago

I am the founder of rsync.net.

I don't think we are competitors.

I have publicly criticized flat-rate storage pricing for many years[1].

That being said, I wish them good luck and will watch with great interest.

[1] https://blog.kozubik.com/john_kozubik/2009/11/flat-rate-stor...

ineedasername|4 years ago

That's an interesting view on flat rate storage.

Although if you happen to be within the target audience for their business model (like I am) then it works pretty well, especially as a secondary off-site backup option. But yeah, if there's a threshold of, say, 2TB and > 5GB/day bandwidth that makes someone an unprofitable customer, then they should just set caps accordingly rather than claim unlimited.

Dylan16807|4 years ago

Well, they compete in some ways with B2 but B2 isn't the thing being criticized here.