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Explain Like I'm Five

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ELI5 the cloud. How does it work ? Can I just download all the things I want to so it doesn't take up space on my SSD by uploading there or something? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

Your second point is why paying for such services makes a real difference.

Companies like storj.io, backblaze, or any other cloud storage/backup provider provide a service for a fee with (not really) clear usage rules. If you're encrypting your stuff before it goes to the cloud, you're pretty safe from scanning, and if you have a contract for a given space and bandwidth, the worst you'll probably run into is overage fees.