> I have a few qualms with this app:
> 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.
> 2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue.
> 3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
Should you get a ticket for accidentally driving over the speed limit because your speedometer was broken? Should the company who made the speedometer get the ticket? What if the speedometer was broken due to a bug software the speedometer company bought? Should that company get the ticket?
Not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure the burden is on the consumer in the USA to have their speedometer calibrated appropriately (10% error in the few states I've checked), and not doing so violates additional laws. Details could get complicated if you had proof that you did your part (OTA updates, can they prove you drove by a speed sign and should have known the speedometer was broken, ...), but you might be able to argue your innocence and might have a civil claim against one or more parties who touched your car.
Likely they'd just expand, like any other organization. PBS is somewhat better, but NPR is a cesspool of corporate sponsorship and journalism that's marginally better than some private, for-profit outlets but still generally low quality and scarcely informative.
