Filen is a German cloud storage service with additional services. It encrypts all archives and comms, has an option to write notes (text, markdown, code, lists, etc). And you also can make contacts using the app and chat with them via text, encrypted as well.

They have free accounts with 10 GB space, and you can refer other new users (you will get an additional 10 GB for each referral with a 40 GB limit), and the one referred also gets 10 GB more.

Also interesting lifetime option, 100 GB for 29,95 and smaller and bigger plans with monthly payments.

I have this one and have stopped using Dropbox or Google Drive. Very happy.

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Doesn't sound exactly like a sustainable business model to me. Giving storage away for free or for a one time payment cannot cover the steady costs for hardware, traffic etc.

[–] Argyle13@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They say they "ration" the lifetime programs. They have like seven other payment options, monthly. So, now they have that plans, maybe in a month they don't and maybe they offer them again in several months again.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

I'm still not convinced. If you offer a service that costs money continously but customers don't pay periodically, you need another source of income to offset these losses. That means customers who pay periodically have to pay higher rates (making the service less attractive) or you have to make money with your customers' data. Additionaly, if I were a customer interested in the service, why would I sign up for the monthly plan, if I knew that I can just wait until lifetime plans are available again? According to their FAQ you can even stack multiple plans, so you can buy two times 100 GB to get 200 GB permanently etc.