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Hive: Free unlimited cloud storage for you and your friends

by rid on 10/13/14, 1:39 PM with 52 comments

  • by marklittlewood on 10/13/14, 3:39 PM

    Is this a serious thing or are people always blinded by 'FREE'?

    There is no way of getting information about the company on the company website, you have to go to the company web app.

    So you get free unlimited storage, ad funded and to target you better with advertising they look at your content. This is hidden in the Terms of Service. https://beta.hive.im/terms/

    At the company web app, there is no information about the company, the backers, the people etc. The 'about section' of the company is a bunch of marketing speak https://beta.hive.im/about/

    There is an address if you look hard enough - in the Privacy section. https://beta.hive.im/privacy/ It is in Hong Kong. There is no information about team, backers etc.

    Best of luck to anyone that tries this.

  • by CJefferson on 10/13/14, 2:44 PM

    Won't let me drop a directory of files in, because one of them is a bittorrent file (why are you looking so carefully at the types of my files?)

    mp3s don't seem to come back bit-identical, obviously some editting going on remotely.

    So, don't trust this with files where you actually care about your data not getting "adjusted".

  • by sdoering on 10/13/14, 2:15 PM

    So this becomes "You are not paying, so you are the product" with a twist. As the premium plan gets cheaper, the more friends you invite, the saying goes something like this:

    "If you are not paying, you sell your friend's data as a product?"

    Sorry, but that is some twisted pyramid scheme imho.

  • by vlunkr on 10/13/14, 2:42 PM

    I wonder what their game is here. Why is it free to share with 100 friends? I can't see that it would be any cheaper for them. Also, 100 friends? When would I ever want to share file storage with that many people?

  • by azurelogic on 10/13/14, 2:36 PM

    I really dislike the fact that this is totally anti-privacy which is one of the hottest topics in cloud file storage today. Everyone is asking for things to be more secure, and people are willing to pay for storage and security when they need it. This is solving the wrong problem.

  • by joshstrange on 10/13/14, 3:13 PM

    I am a heavy user of Plex and have about 600GB of video in my Dropbox via Plex Cloud Sync. Hive has no desktop client as far as I can see which is already a deal breaker as the machine I browse on is not the machine my video is stored on. On top of all of this we have no clue how they plan to offer this free storage other than "Ads".

    Don't get me wrong $9/mo for unlimited data sounds nice but there is no way I am using my upload pipe to move my 10-12TB of media into a cloud that I know nothing about and could shut down next month.

    To be fair I doubt I am the user they are targeting. It's not a "All your media in the cloud" but rather "A way to share one-off video/picture/music in the cloud which is not something I am interested in at all.

  • by leafsleep on 10/13/14, 4:12 PM

    "Download to mac"? Lemme know if they ever get out of the hipster startup phase http://i.imgur.com/DTKz15Z.png

  • by hobolobo on 10/13/14, 2:48 PM

    Everything about this says creepy.

  • by n1c on 10/13/14, 3:12 PM

    If only turning off the email notifications would turn off email notifications.

  • by jastanton on 10/13/14, 2:53 PM

    So it looks like the general consensus is people are not comfortable being the product. They would rather pay a nominal fee. So it's funny if Hive charged only like $0.99 / month or even $2 / mo I bet this launch would be received a little more graciously.

  • by Rhapso on 10/13/14, 9:09 PM

    Interestingly, the site breaks on vertical monitor orientation. Rather than attempt to render it complains and asks the user to maximize the already maximized window.

  • by tuxone on 10/13/14, 3:50 PM

    Where can i access my profile? http://i.imgur.com/9zbI6ac.png

  • by mcovey on 10/14/14, 4:31 AM

    "Hive is the first free unlimited cloud service in the world."

    Sure it is.

  • by uberneo on 10/13/14, 10:53 PM

    god knows where the hell our personal data will be residing .. better to use http://owncloud.org/

  • by bratfarrar on 10/13/14, 3:08 PM

    If it's free, you're the product.

  • by ARCarr on 10/13/14, 2:43 PM

    If you scroll right the site breaks.

  • by iliaznk on 10/13/14, 2:41 PM

    The logo looks a bit creepy to me.