>My 2013 MacBook Pro Retina recently died too, but anything worth keeping or working on was stored in free-tier Dropbox, which has multi version history too.
Except Dropbox has stopped supporting encrypted linux filesystems, and Box doesn't support Linux.
>It seems absurd to me that anyone with half a technical clue wouldn't use some kind of off-device / off-sit backup.
For most technical people I know, having data on an unencrypted disk is unacceptable. They wouldn't accept a scenario where a thief steals their laptop and simply has access to all their files. They wouldn't accept that risk just because a convenient "backup" service suddenly stopped support. They'll simply back data up another way.
I don't know what the lay of the land is for Mac/Windows users.
As I say, these services are as useful as the services they replaced 15 years ago from my perspective.
>Since when is MacOS using encrypted linux filesystems?
I fail to see where in my comment was anything related to "MacOS using encrypted linux filesystems" which, as of itself as a sentence, is confusing.
My comment's parent was explaining that anything worth keeping was worth backing up, and how easy it was to set up back-up even for someone with the commenter's skill level, using services like Dropbox.
My comment was explaining that certain users who have encrypted filesystems on Linux cannot use Dropbox, for Dropbox stopped supporting them around November 2018, which makes Dropbox unusable for these users who have to come up with back-up schemes excluding Dropbox or Box.
You quote [..]My 2013 MacBook Pro Retina recently died[..] on which you answer something with Linux. The TikTok-Guy was using a Macbook too. So what relation have dead Macbooks with whatever state has dropbox under linux? Nobody here talked about linux except you. Your comment is just very random.
BTW Dropbox works fine under linux, just not in all setups.
Except Dropbox has stopped supporting encrypted linux filesystems, and Box doesn't support Linux.
>It seems absurd to me that anyone with half a technical clue wouldn't use some kind of off-device / off-sit backup.
For most technical people I know, having data on an unencrypted disk is unacceptable. They wouldn't accept a scenario where a thief steals their laptop and simply has access to all their files. They wouldn't accept that risk just because a convenient "backup" service suddenly stopped support. They'll simply back data up another way.
I don't know what the lay of the land is for Mac/Windows users.
As I say, these services are as useful as the services they replaced 15 years ago from my perspective.