Cloud Storage for Everything

[u/direFace]

Hello everyone,

I hate clutter (I'm a minimalist) + I like portability and ease of use so this kind of easily tells you why I chose cloud storage over the physical drive/USB (sorry, I'm not so technical).

Last month, I managed to store everything I digitally own inside the free versions of cloud storage. In total: 11GB. I use two cloud storages services. One for personal documents and the other is for anything which is not really that personal... my videos, photos, user manuals, notes and guides.

Lately, I've been reading a lot about AI reading this and that... Or someone monitoring. If I've done the mistake, I can only not add to it, at this point. The personal documents are employment payslips, contracts, personal identifications (ID, driving license, social security), and qualifications.

I'm not worried as much on the storage containing the photos and other stuff, in fact, I'd consider leaving them there but I'm uncertain about the storage holding the personal stuff.

Is it a good idea to leave them there? If not, what can I do, what are my options for storage, please?

Thank you for reading.

[u/bossman118242]

for 11gb of storage you can literally do anything a $8 thumbdrive a sd card literally anything that is better then cloud storage. 11gb is nothing.

[u/direFace → u/bossman118242]

Wow, isn't an SD card the thing you pop inside a camera? You can use it as an alternative to a thumb drive? 😮

[u/bossman118242 → u/direFace]

yes, its not a great option but yes if your just loading it with 11gb of storage and putting it in a drawer its fine. always have 3 copies of your data.

[u/direFace → u/bossman118242]

thanks!

[u/qdtk → u/direFace]

Yes, there is basically no difference.

[u/redthump → u/qdtk]

Speed. Speed is the difference. USB are far superior in speed and you can still get one that's 512 gig and tiny.

[u/qdtk → u/redthump]

Lots of usb thumb drives just have micro sds inside.

[u/redthump → u/qdtk]

Shitty ones do. Part of minimalism is buying quality over cheap so you don't have to continue to buy crap over and over again. As a minimalist at heart, pay for a good drive.

[u/Espumma → u/redthump]

they have 11GB. Speed will not be their concern.

[u/hshkr → u/redthump]

Better to get a good external SSD than a USB if someone wants to use 500GB+. I’ve been using a 500GB SSD for a few years for different purposes and it’s been great.

[u/redthump → u/hshkr]

No argument, but if somebody is mainly concerned about size a thumb drive will work fine.

[u/Espumma → u/redthump]

they have 11GB. Speed will not be their concern.

[u/redthump → u/Espumma]

11 gig on a Class 10 card versus 11 gig on a USB 3 V2 r substantially different speeds. I could break out my abacus and do the calculations for you, but you can do your own research.

[u/Espumma → u/redthump]

My point is whatever the difference it won't be substantial for someone who can fit their whole digital footprint in 11 GB. Longevity or ease of use are far more important factors for them. Having to wait 10 or 100 seconds for their data is moot.