If it were up to me, I would just get syncthing working on the phone (there's an app but it's just a prrof of concept) and then relaunch U1 as a branded front end that uses syncthing behind the scenes.
Canonical could then charge people by the MB to store things on a cloud. Then you could specifiy which folders would be synchronised, thus dodging the using up too much space issue (you could also have a setting to only use wifi if you're worried about eating data all the time). Other than the upfront cost involved in writing the UI, the app and contributing a few bits and bobs to syncthing if necessary, the company wouldn't need to do anything else. Of course, I'm not a business guy and it's most likely that I'm totally wrong and it would involve a lot more work than that. DISCLAIMER: I really like syncthing :-P On 1 April 2016 at 23:34, Wayne Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > I just read a post before about the sync stuff > I agree that the system should now have a cloud sync option without the > messing about with rsync and messy owncloud etc > why did they drop ubuntu one? > it worked for one and people like me are prepared to pay for space... > like other platforms you should be able to log in and sync > data > music > calendars > contacts > bookmarks > tasks > app data > > including back up if required.. > > people get 2 gig free and of course they need more so pay a small fee > for more space... > if we cant have ubuntu one why not get a small team integrating sync > options ie owncloud and google cloud services as it seems to me a lot > of people are asking how to do this and its messy?... is it on the list > of things to do or waiting for people to develop this? as i think you > now have tablet / server / phone / computer desktop / laptop desktop > and no sync between these - i think in todays way of mobile and > computing this is part and parcel of every platform > > thoughts please? > > Wayne Ward > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
