Carbonite: online file back up for morons

I just saw a commercial for a remote file back up company called Carbonite featuring a mom talking about how her whole life is on her computer. She tries to get "everyone" (her family? It's never mentioned) to back up their files but they just don't. Sigh...poor her. But then she found Carbonite, who will back up her files online for 55 dollars a year! Wow what a good deal And at the end of it she has the nerve to say it's the best 55 dollars she ever spent. It's SPEND, you are continuously spending 55 dollars, she's acting like she only paid it once which is a lie.



Ok, this company is obviously for morons. You'd think by now most people would have an understanding of external hard drives. You can get a 320GB external hard drive to connect to your computer via USB for about 60 bucks, that's what I paid for mine. All you do is drag and drop, and I wager ANYONE could do it. This is just for the severely computer illiterate, and people with money burning a hole in their pocket. There truly is a sucker born every minute.

I looked on youtube for a video of the commercial, and found a video about the company from the co founder. His logic is "well...if your house burns down your external drive goes with it". ....ok, so back up to a different one and keep it someplace else, it's STILL cheaper then 55 dollars a year! And from reviews I found online, it isn't as easy as they make it seem. After reading a bunch, here's one of the better ones: http://silvexis.com/blog/2009/06/18/carbonite-not-ready-for-the-real-world/

His logic is "well...if your house burns down your external drive goes with it". ....ok, so back up to a different one and keep it someplace else, it's STILL cheaper then 55 dollars a year! ............................................................................................

That service is what's known as the stupidity tax.

Carbonite??

Originally posted by jeroboam Carbonite??

What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me."