Maybe I am just too "old school" but I am not impressed with these offerings. Having worked out how to configure my own Cloud Storage solutions and how to make all the data and files available on the devices that I want, I can't really see what these two products bring to the table.
The biggest barrier to entry for me with Microsoft's Skydrive is the same one as I have with Messenger and Hotmail - I have to log-in to Windows Live.
The problem I have with Live is that whenever I do the device that I try and use a Live application on seems to get "polluted" with things that I don't want and will never use.
To be fair, the same can be said about the Google Cloud Solution - here I have to log-in to my Google account. However, the reason that this is less onerous for me is that I use GMail, Google Analytics and Blogger. I do not use many of the other Google apps such as Google Docs or Code - there are many other "waste of time apps" that I don't need to mention.
As far as which service is "best" - time will tell. All I know there is little to be gained from a "pissing match" on who offers the most free storage. How much does physical storage cost these days!!?
The biggest barrier to entry for me with Microsoft's Skydrive is the same one as I have with Messenger and Hotmail - I have to log-in to Windows Live.
The problem I have with Live is that whenever I do the device that I try and use a Live application on seems to get "polluted" with things that I don't want and will never use.
To be fair, the same can be said about the Google Cloud Solution - here I have to log-in to my Google account. However, the reason that this is less onerous for me is that I use GMail, Google Analytics and Blogger. I do not use many of the other Google apps such as Google Docs or Code - there are many other "waste of time apps" that I don't need to mention.
As far as which service is "best" - time will tell. All I know there is little to be gained from a "pissing match" on who offers the most free storage. How much does physical storage cost these days!!?
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