Comments on: Why I won’t be using Google Drive

By: robohara

robohara — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:08:10 +0000

Google says that’s not what the EULA means. The problem is, that’s what it LOOKS like it means, and therein lies the problem — do you go based off what they wrote, or what they say?

http://www.suntimes.com/business/12149132-420/google-drive-runs-into-content-rights-controversy.html

I’ll be using it for stuff I want to share between computers and have handy when I go work on some else’s computer. And since it’s tied into Google Docs, what I have written for my new book is already there.

By: Tim Barnhart

Tim Barnhart — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:38:35 +0000

Google is a criminal enterprise, corruptly backed by the highest offices in the land. They snoop, they sell your personal info, and now they effectively steal your IP. I don’t use Gmail, and I’ve substituted Bing for the Google search engine. (Yes, my fear of Google overcomes my dislike for Microsoft.)

By: Jamin Gray

Jamin Gray — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:44:36 +0000

It has other uses than just storing your personal writing and notes. Here’s an interesting take on the ToS http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2973849/google-drive-terms-privacy-data-skydrive-dropbox-icloud It makes sense. Without getting your permissions from the ToS, google couldn’t allow you to share a document, it couldn’t move a file from server to server as that would be creating unauthorized copies, it couldn’t allow you to translate using it’s services, and so on. I personally think it’s poorly written and could be clarified to put people at ease.