My Carbonite is still working, but I informed them that
I would never renew.
My prepaid subscription expires in 81 days.
I will advise on FR if the backup quits prior to my remaining
subscription.
I just shut mine down. I’m out the yearly fee. Live and learn I suppose. Why would anyone trust them with their ties and funding going to Soros groups?
...”Carbonite issued its statement on a Saturday night, in what appears to be a matter of executives’ personal and political opinions outweighing shareholder interests.
Shareholder are getting massacred as a result”...
It surely would be nice to be able to “vet” the political views of the top executives of any company. In my opinion, that information would tell me a lot about whether I would want to buy that product.
Yes, my carbonite is still working, too. I’m fixin’ to write them a letter. A week prior to this brouhaha I subscribed for a year’s service. Then, this happened and I cancelled on Monday.
It will be April 2013 before my subscription would have expired. Is it going to run until then?
For well under $100 you can buy a USB hard drive with plenty of space to back up one - if not two - computers. No paid subscriptions, no hassle, you can set your computer to automatically backup on whatever schedule suits you. I have two at 320Gb each, that cost around $69 each.
I have been using a combination of thumb drives - quick backup of important files as I create/modify them - and a external hard drive to keep the aggregate safe. While good practice dictates a separate location, I’m more concerned about protecting against a hard drive crash or a bad virus. It’s cheaper in the long run and doesn’t require bandwidth or putting my files out on the net - even encryption isn’t fool-proof, plus who wants the possibility of the gubmint deciding to get a warrant if it decides I’m one of them “subversive citizens”? Just being on FR probably makes us all persons of interest...
I was thinking about subscribing, but not now. I hope they fold. I hope the idiots in charge all get fired for gross incompetence. I remember them and the other fools who quit on Rush. Even after he apologized. Screw all of them.
Have you considered cancelling them now? You’ve given them notice about your feelings but still are allowing them access to your system. Just a thought.