[stavarotti]

An underrated and oft understated rule is always have backups, and if you're paranoid enough, backups of backups (I use Time Machine and Backblaze). There should be absolutely no reason why deleting files should be a catastrophic issue for anyone in this space. Perhaps you lose a couple of hours restoring files, but the response to that should be "Let me try a different approach". Yes, it's caveat emptor and all, but these companies should be emphasizing backups. Hell, it can be shovelware for the uninitiated but at least users will be reminded.

[gessha]

The level of paranoia and technical chops you need to implement this sort of backup system is non-trivial. You can’t expect this from an average user.

[gear54rus]

Most importantly it would actually reveal the lie they are all trying to sell. Why would you need backups if it's so useful and stable? I'm not going to ask it to nuke my hard drive after all.

[fragmede]

If you don't have the whatever to do it with Linux and rsync, pay someone like Acronis or Arq to deal with it for you.

[venturecruelty]

Good thing this is not an average user then. This is someone programming a computer, which is a skill that requires being more than simply a user.

I'm sorry, but how low is the bar when "make backups" is "too difficult" for someone who's trying to program a computer? The entire point of programming a computer is knowing how it works and knowing what you're doing. If you can't make backups, frankly, you shouldn't be programming, because backups are a lot easier than programming...