My position on this whole thing is that CrashPlan isn't just selling storage for backup.
Their value is in the fact that they could be trusted to have your back if something happened locally. It was literally a set-it-and-forget-it solution. I have multiple backups, but this was my primary offsite solution.
I understand the consumer market isn't as profitable as the business market, but why not opt to raise prices, and let consumers decide if it was valuable enough to them to pay the increased prices? Why just abandon that market completely?
I recently opted to trial the CrashPlan Pro (which they just renamed to CrashPlan for Small Business) subscription. This move by Code42 gives me pause. It makes me wonder when they'll do the same thing to the Business segment?
I went with the Business plan because was I was a happy Home customer. Now, I wonder if it was good move.
Their value is in the fact that they could be trusted to have your back if something happened locally. It was literally a set-it-and-forget-it solution. I have multiple backups, but this was my primary offsite solution.
I understand the consumer market isn't as profitable as the business market, but why not opt to raise prices, and let consumers decide if it was valuable enough to them to pay the increased prices? Why just abandon that market completely?
I recently opted to trial the CrashPlan Pro (which they just renamed to CrashPlan for Small Business) subscription. This move by Code42 gives me pause. It makes me wonder when they'll do the same thing to the Business segment?
I went with the Business plan because was I was a happy Home customer. Now, I wonder if it was good move.