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Should i rlly not use terabox in ANY way or form? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Rubenherobr1@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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Im somone who cant make income yet, so buying online cloud is out of the picture. Im pretty sure there isnt any other large scale free space so its been basicly my only option for months😭

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[–] chopydog@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using Terabox for 6 months now and it's still working. I uploaded many ISO files and lots of movies/tv series.

I don't suggest you to upload sensitive files and to accept the risk that they can suddenly remove all your data without advising you. They haven't done yet, but they could do that (also Google did that with unlimited storage).

If you want to upload videos or other stuff that isn't very important for you (like videos that you can re-download anytime) probably it is fine, but if you want to store important data I don't recommend it.

[–] malikto44@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Terabox only allows 20 files to be saved on the free plan. Each file can be a max of 4 GB, which means that you can only store at most ~80 gigs. That is the main gotcha.

[–] dr100@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Well, if it works for you and you're aware about the risks (both to have the data exposed and inaccessible/lost at some point) why not. Tell us more, how much you're using and how often you put stuff there, how you manage it?

[–] X145E@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

why not use google 15gb or mega free 20gb? mega have a promo where when you first sign up, do a couple of invites, you can get up to 50gb. secure and trusted

[–] Rubenherobr1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

yes but isnt it limited? also answering that bc it offers much more space (i still use google drive sometimes tho)