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I used Backblaze B2 for cloud storage backups for a commercial blog I run IT for.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/transparency-in-cloud-storage...

I use free accounts on Dropbox and Google Drive and paid top tier iCloud storage (2TB) for personal items mostly because of ease of use of iCloud for photos on every device. Photos also backed up (compressed) for free to Google Photos so there isn't a single point of failure for all my family's photos.

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I am also in the process of switching to B2. I had previously used Dropbox but really don't like the direction they are taking with the Google Docs clone, and showing me a bunch of thumbnails from my photos. I just want a simple, affordable storage service.

FreeNas has recently added a "cloud sync" feature. So I have my NAS just automatically syncing to B2. It has been easy and transparent thus far.

+1 on b2.

- The APIs are good

- There’s good Python (2 and 3) clients on pip for quick scripting

- It integrates with many backup frontends

- Significantly cheaper than S3, while basically being the same thing

- Privately held, based in SF, no VC money (and the related incentives)

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