Sugar Sync Getting Sour

Something happened as I was about to write this post about Dropbox. 

So I am changing my Post Title to Sugar Sync Getting Sour. 

(Goes Over To Delete My Original Post Title "MY DROPBOX CRISIS: AVERTED" to the one you visibly see now.) 

I just read an e-mail that Sugar Sync will be transitioning to a paid service! 

I AM SO TEMPTED TO EDIT THIS PICTURE WITH THE BIRD FALLING DOWN!

I have Sugar Sync only because of Kindelirium.

Kindelirium is a group of Kindle lovers and owners who share Kindle love.

And that Kindle Love is massive!

Supporting a massive library...

Hosted by Sugar Sync.

We used Dropbox for a time.  (I still use it though for all my files.  And I pay for it annually.)

The problem with our Dropbox shared folder is that anyone can edit it.

Which means that once a member deletes a file, that deleted file will be shared, resulting in an empty file.

So I often found myself trying to restore deleted files (most of the times, other members do) while strongly berating new members that they should not sync the shared dropbox folder because the folder contains more storage than what is allowed in the free version.  A lot of times, a new member panics when he sees his dropbox folder has a memory shortage and would delete the group files, resulting in deleted files in all the members' shared folder.

This has become an issue that Kris, our admin, tried looking for a new cloud drive, and finally ended up with Sugar Sync.

Sugar Sync is a free online storage service which stood out in a way that shared folders can only be edited with permission.  This minimized the possibility of members unknowingly deleting files or sometimes, like what happened in dropbox, the entire folder

And we were perfectly happy with Sugar Sync.

Our library grew.  Literally abot hanggang langit lol.  It was book heaven!

Unfortunately, sweet times with Sugar Sync is coming to an end as it announced that on February 8 of next year,it will be transitioning to a paid-only service, with the free 5 GB plan as a casualty.  Its paid plans start at $7.49 per month or $75 annually for a 60 GB storage.

And ang malupit is that we - the old users who are perfectly happy with the free plan - won't get to stay with the free plan.  Your files have gotta go or you go back to Dropbox or some other free service.

You have an option to get the basic plan and avail of the 75% discount if you sign up by December 16.

But I already have a Dropbox Plan with around 110 GB of storage.  So getting another one with Sugar Sync is out of the question.  

However, I still mourn the Free Plan demise.  I bet the Sugar Sync guys belabored over this decision and must have sleepless nights before coming up with this decision.  

Because the truth is, going on a free ride has to end.  But then, Sugar Sync should still have included the free plan option and hope that most of them will convert to a paid plan.