> How much trust do you have in the lifetime plan?
Very low when I first bought into it, but yeah that was 4 years ago. I've MORE than paid off the up front cost. If they disappeared tomorrow, I'd be comfortable with what I paid. I'd note that my usage may imply a higher level of risk than others may be comfortable with. All of my data is fully local/synced on my personal machine, and not local/available as long as I have internet on phone/tablet. So the only way I'd lose data is if pCloud disappeared _and_ my personal machine blew up in the same day. If pcloud disappears, I'd just dump my local files into iCloud or dropbox or something; and if my personal machine blew up I'd replace it and hope I'd get the replacement before pCloud goes kaput :) Doesn't seem like a terrible strategy.
Also, pcloud does have a couple of mechanisms for getting additional revenue from existing customers. For example, you can increase the size of your lifetime plan for an additional one time payment, or add their crypto option. Also, some people presumably may pay month to month.
Lastly, the best thing I can do as a pcloud user who is banking on them not going out of business is to occasionally rep them in public so that they get more customers, which I'm doing right now :)
Very low when I first bought into it, but yeah that was 4 years ago. I've MORE than paid off the up front cost. If they disappeared tomorrow, I'd be comfortable with what I paid. I'd note that my usage may imply a higher level of risk than others may be comfortable with. All of my data is fully local/synced on my personal machine, and not local/available as long as I have internet on phone/tablet. So the only way I'd lose data is if pCloud disappeared _and_ my personal machine blew up in the same day. If pcloud disappears, I'd just dump my local files into iCloud or dropbox or something; and if my personal machine blew up I'd replace it and hope I'd get the replacement before pCloud goes kaput :) Doesn't seem like a terrible strategy.
Also, pcloud does have a couple of mechanisms for getting additional revenue from existing customers. For example, you can increase the size of your lifetime plan for an additional one time payment, or add their crypto option. Also, some people presumably may pay month to month.
Lastly, the best thing I can do as a pcloud user who is banking on them not going out of business is to occasionally rep them in public so that they get more customers, which I'm doing right now :)