These guys have tried really hard to do something complicated nobody has really done before. Sure, it has a few bugs and isn't 'perfect'. Neither was the space shuttle, neither was the HTML 1.0 spec. Nothing ever is.
It's currently in style to put down tall poppies and complain about everything and anything, even when it's free and you don't even have to use it if you don't want to.
A community like Hacker News should be praising people trying to get off the beaten path. Sure, constructive criticism is good, but flat complaining "It's just unacceptable" is complete nonsense and a waste of everyone's time.
Don't worry I knew that this rant would be controversial, I have few sparred karma points to handle it, it's worth it, anybody should be able to freely express what he thinks.
if by "cut down tall poppies" you mean bring mega's claims of security and privacy in-line with reality, sure.
there are plenty of people doing more interesting work with encrypted data storage. to suggest that mega is blazing a new trail is absurd. backblaze has been using a similar key-per-file encryption method since 2007, except they actually executed properly.
These guys have tried really hard to do something complicated nobody has really done before. Sure, it has a few bugs and isn't 'perfect'. Neither was the space shuttle, neither was the HTML 1.0 spec. Nothing ever is.
It's currently in style to put down tall poppies and complain about everything and anything, even when it's free and you don't even have to use it if you don't want to.
A community like Hacker News should be praising people trying to get off the beaten path. Sure, constructive criticism is good, but flat complaining "It's just unacceptable" is complete nonsense and a waste of everyone's time.