‘Opt out of Dropbox’s arbitration clause’

Tiffany Bridge: No matter what they do (delete your data, privacy breach, overcharging, whatever), you don’t get to sue. Instead, THEY get to choose the arbitrator according to whatever criteria they want, and thus any dispute is decided by someone they’re paying. That’s some bullshit. If you can, go for OwnCloud, BitTorrent Sync, or a…

Tiffany Bridge:

No matter what they do (delete your data, privacy breach, overcharging, whatever), you don’t get to sue. Instead, THEY get to choose the arbitrator according to whatever criteria they want, and thus any dispute is decided by someone they’re paying.

That’s some bullshit. If you can, go for OwnCloud, BitTorrent Sync, or a File Transporter (in that order).

(via Khoi Vinh)

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