1TB Storage for Life with Once-off Payment of US$155 (~A$230) @ Koofr through StackSocial

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Koofr has been around since 2013 and has been recently mentioned at https://www.cloudwards.net/understanding-cloud-storage-prici…
Stacksocial is the only way to obtain a lifetime offer of 100/250/1000GB at Koofr as this offer is not advertised directly on Koofr's website.

Koofr supports WebDav which integrates very nicely with linux rclone for backup purposes.
I believe the servers are hosted in Europe.

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  localhost on 11/05/2023 - 00:56

  +14

  My life or their life?

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    MuddyClear on 11/05/2023 - 01:06

    Yours

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      localhost on 11/05/2023 - 01:11

      +1

      Shame, can't leave anything in my will…

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        SlifSlif on 11/05/2023 - 03:57

        You don’t have to tell them you’re dead 🧠.

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    ShoeyAU on 11/05/2023 - 06:00

    +1

    Reminds me of this reddit thread "People who have ever won a lifetime supply of something, how'd that turn out?"

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1tx0yx/people_wh…

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  PainToad on 11/05/2023 - 05:11

  +5

  Ask yourself, would you believe a company promising you a life time supply of milk for $230? No of course you’d be suspicious.

  This is no different. Hosting data has on going costs that cannot be covered by a business with a single once off payment.

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    teacherer on 11/05/2023 - 05:38

    -3

    There are many popular platforms that offer once off payments

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    ShoeyAU on 11/05/2023 - 05:55

    +3

    I agree with all the comments about the (lack of) economics of lifetime supply. But I think in this case, there is a viable reason - storage becomes cheaper over time, while storage demand grows. 1TB today will feel like 100GB in five years. By then, these plans become obsolete (or cost them pennies to maintain), so they steer you back into their regular plans by not offering any incremental expansion options. It's really more a 5yr deal in practice.

    But still, I am wary of storing any critical data in a lifetime account from a cloud provider that isn't AWS/Azure/Google (from a longevity perspective).

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  mickeyjuiceman on 11/05/2023 - 06:42

  An MS365 sub is vastly safer. Doesn't appear as cheap to begin with, but will be safer for data that actually needs to be secure.

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  Commodore64 on 11/05/2023 - 06:59

  +5

  It’s been proven time and again, that it’ll tank, it might be one year or five from now but companys like Zoolz and all the others have gone under.
  As they get more desperate they’ll push out the pyramid referrals to get more income to keep the lights on.
  But it’s not sustainable, if everyone has a lifetime subscription how can they pay their providers that bill monthly?

  Anything else is just wishful thinking and it’s not worth your data.

  Just sign up to Google or MS 365 via turkey

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    ShoeyAU on 11/05/2023 - 07:55

    +1

    100% with MS 365 - I think its the best value product right now esp with Family subs.

    With regards to "But it’s not sustainable, if everyone has a lifetime subscription how can they pay their providers that bill monthly?" - they are basically taking a gamble. A lot of people who subs to these lesser known cloud providers are less tech savvy, and unlikely to actually use up their quota. For every 5TB subscribed, they might only need to actually reserve 1TB with their upstream providers. As time goes on these accts either are forgotten and unused, or the users find they max out and the only way is to switch to a fully priced non lifetime plan.

    And yes I do agree most of these just fold after a few yrs.

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  Sinnerator on 11/05/2023 - 08:31

  for life, UNTIL THEY CANCEL IT lol

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  King Tightarse on 11/05/2023 - 08:54

  -1

  Moore's law suggests that soon enough 1TB = nothing

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  kalluri on 11/05/2023 - 08:58

  https://stacksocial.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-…
  Found a 10TB plan on the same site for $99
  Definitely a gamble