Yeah, not a big deal to me. The no throttling is awesome.
However, I am seriously considering Crashplan myself when my subscription expires in February because I do not like the 30 day expiration policy. It is definitely a pain with large external drives. But I suppose I might not be profitable so maybe that's not worth fixing :P
We really want to bump it up to 6 months, and the decision all hinges on a slight mystery we have surrounding "data churn". In a nutshell: we aren't sure we can afford to bump it up to a 6 month retention without changing price, but we need to do some additional analysis or tests to make sure.
> I suppose I might not be profitable so maybe not worth fixing
No no, you are (one of) our target customers! Here is why: you post to ycombinator and you are technical enough to understand the implications of the 30 day roll back policy, and you are actually evaluating software on merits - this alone puts you in something like the upper 5 percent of technical computer society. Yeah, maybe we lose a dollar a month on your backup, but if you are using Backblaze you'll probably recommend it to five other people we make money off of. Your recommendation is GOLD to us.
However, I am seriously considering Crashplan myself when my subscription expires in February because I do not like the 30 day expiration policy. It is definitely a pain with large external drives. But I suppose I might not be profitable so maybe that's not worth fixing :P