In fact, it seems like everyone and their pet cat now offers free cloud storage. Most, if not all, offer more space, better features and are generally more reliable than Canonical’s aged offering. Thankfully there is an army of alternatives able to pick up where Ubuntu One has left off. It would also be appropriate if you identified those making this decision and any enterprise they are, or will be, associated with, so those businesses can be avoided in future.‘…there is an army of alternatives able to pick up where Ubuntu One has left off’ Your communication of the situation was (until your reply below) very difficult to comprehend, at least in part due to the surprising action.Īt the very least you should make a tangible apology to those who supported you and helped create the value you have now capitalised at our (new) expense. You should have arranged and supported a clear transition path. With regard to mitigation, it is completely unacceptable and of no value to say you “recommend that they look for an alternative”. You appear to have only considers yourselves in the decision. Other options to capitalise on your software asset developed with our help should have been discussed with users or a representative panel. In my opinion, Boxcryptor’s unilateral action to cease supply is unethical. “I am very disappointed with the business behaviour of Boxcryptor.Īs a subscriber, I had a reasonable right to expect ongoing use and support of this system critical software. And while it differs somewhat in the implementation details, it’s a fine alternative to Boxcryptor. I’ll be revising my Cryptomator recommendation in the coming weeks, but the bottom line is that it’s free with the exception of the smartphone app. Apparently that issue has been resolved, because it’s working well for me so far. I stopped using it because of some technical incompatibility I can no longer recall. I used Cryptomator many years ago and have continued to recommend it alongside Boxcryptor ever since. I did it mostly because I know questions are coming. I did it quickly, but not because I believe there’s some kind of imminent disaster. Within hours of learning of Boxcryptor’s sale, I switched to Cryptomator. With so many unknowns and what one would expect to be changes coming someday, perhaps it’s time to make alternate plans. Similarly, having been purchased by Dropbox, does this imply a reduced emphasis on competing services like OneDrive, Google Drive, or others? Dropbox is almost guaranteed to have a solution - be it continued use of or some evolution of Boxcryptor - but it seems unlikely they’d provide this same solution for their competitors. I don’t like “what if” speculation, but it’s an important consideration for the future of Boxcryptor. Will anyone be around to fix and/or update it? What if there’s a security issue or vulnerability discovered? There are two things that concern me about the sale.įirst, how long will existing Boxcryptor accounts keep working? Since it’s no longer a product that’s available to new users, at some point it seems inevitable that the plug will be pulled or some technological change (say a Windows or MacOS operating system change 2) will break Boxcryptor. They promised an email to all existing users with more information and steps, but as I write this a week later, I have not seen such an email.īut the good news is that if you’re an existing customer, there’s not any urgency. New accounts are disabled, so if you’re not using Boxcryptor, you’re not only unaffected, you can’t start using it. If you’re an existing customer, you can keep using Boxcryptor as you do today. 1 The company continues to work, and their press release includes the following: I want to be clear that Boxcryptor’s technology is not being called into question.
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