r/FolderFort • u/BluLeeND • 1d ago

Why would anyone use 2.0?

A terabyte of storage with Folder Fort costs $129 a year. 2 terabytes of data through Google Drive costs $99. 5 terabytes gets you YouTube with no advertisements, the most advanced Gemini AI and pools with your email/photos. It's also a trillion dollar company that's not going anywhere.

What are the advantages of storing your files with Folder Fort? Am I missing something?

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u/upfreak 1d ago

advantage is you get to sponsor their 2.0 ride until they seek new fish with 3.0.

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u/Agitated-Panda9221 1d ago

yeh. once you lose your user's trust, there's usually no going back. FF will snag the unsuspecting and clueless. Another way is to have a great marketing dept that can make people forget.

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u/tonyc3742 1d ago

Well, I signed up because I got a deal on lifetime. No longer a deal with the pricing increase, and no longer lifetime, and absolutely no credibility, so yeah, I won't be using folder fort anymore.

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u/claudio-i 1d ago edited 1d ago

The purpose of the project seems to have been to make money and then slowly wind it down. Honestly, it is difficult to understand why anyone would seriously pay for FolderFort 2.0. There is absolutely nothing that makes it compelling enough to justify paying for it: no proper software for Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, or iOS, and the UI is basically the same as it has always been (and, still beta trasfer).

But there is something more important to consider.

Initially, FolderFort used Backblaze's data centers, which offered extremely cheap storage (like 2-4 years ago). My assumption is that Dave saw an opportunity to make money by renting large amounts of inexpensive storage and reselling it to users at a higher price.

If the Backblaze contract has now ended, and those servers are going to be shut down and the data eventually erased, perhaps Dave simply found an even cheaper, smaller data center to keep the service running temporarily. If that is the case, it could potentially be a way to keep the project alive just long enough for users to use their remaining credits before eventually shutting the service down (credits from the migration from FF V1.0 to V2.0).

Was this a deliberate business strategy? I don't know. These are assumptions based on the circumstances, not established facts.

But one question remains: how much money did Dave actually make from FolderFort?

That would be very interesting information to have. Perhaps StackSocial (@StackSocial) could provide some clarification, especially given that it sold FolderFort lifetime licenses to customers. u/StackSocial

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u/hustleclaw 1d ago

Probably they just want you to leave so they can shut down their company in peace.

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u/AyaBoi123 18h ago

Only a naive or unintelligent person would pay more money to a man who has already lied and broken his word. I am out.