Still not totally sold, but I'm willing to give it a try because of the cool features.īasically anyone who needs to share files in a secure and convenient way, but doesn't want to rely on public or expensive services.Īfter creating an account, it showed the obligatory "take these steps to get more space". I downloaded and installed the client as a part of this process, and encountered the one thing that immediately set it apart to me. It created a drive on my machine- a virtual drive that does not store files locally. Every change you make in your pCloud can be seen immediately on your computer, phone or tablet.įrom the FAQ:īy installing pCloud on your computer (through its desktop application pCloud Drive), the app creates a secure virtual drive which expands your local storage space. All your devices are instantly synchronized and you have direct file access to any update you make. So the 14GB that I have from pCloud shows up as a drive on my PC, but doesn't take up space on my PC. There are positives and negatives to this for sure, but personally, given my use case, the positives far outweigh the negatives. I imagine it's not immediate like the propaganda says- there is a cache folder maintained on your PC where these files are cached and uploaded, I'm sure. It does appear pretty quick in uploading and downloading however. You can also pay an additional amount to encrypt everything client side with zero knowledge if you want. My concerns are towards not knowing the company, or anything about where they store things other than the company is in Switzerland.
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