Software was once a one-time purchase, but over time, with the addition of storage and cloud services, everything became a subscription. One company even tried to subscribe to car seat heating. Count the subscriptions you’re paying for right now: iCloud, a password manager, a couple of streaming services, a music service, maybe a VPN, and whatever other apps decided this year needed to cost $4.99 a month for something that used to be a one-time purchase.
Everything is a service now, and many people are reaching the point where an extra monthly charge is too much, just on principle. Cloud storage is the hardest to erase because it contains photos and files. This is exactly why pCloud’s Lifetime plans are worth checking out this Black Friday: you pay once and your storage is yours for life!
Pay once instead of forever
Apple gives you 5GB of iCloud for free, which stops being enough about a week after you buy an iPhone. The irony is that they launched with 5GB of free storage in 2011, and it’s almost laughable that they haven’t been increased since then.
After that the subscription is forever. The 2TB iCloud+ plan costs $9.99 per month, about $120 per year, for as long as you want your photos to stay where they are. pCloud calculations are different. The 2TB Lifetime plan is a one-time payment that costs less than four years of iCloud+ at the same size, and the day you buy it is the last day you pay for anything.
pCloud has been offering lifetime plans for 9 years and is now used by 24 million people, and is operated by a Swiss company under Swiss privacy law. The “what if they leave” question is a fair one for any lifetime offer, and a company with this track record is the best answer you’ll get.
If you’ve been paying for iCloud or Google Drive storage for all your files for the last 9 years instead of using pCloud, do the math on how much you’ve spent.
More storage for your Mac without paying Apple
Apple charges a lot to upgrade from a 256GB MacBook Air to a 512GB one, and you can’t change your mind later with a hard drive upgrade. Storage has also become incredibly expensive in recent years. pCloud Drive is your solution without spending a fortune. It’s a native Mac app that mounts your pCloud storage as a drive in the Finder, so your files appear as if they’re natively on your Mac but live in the cloud until you open them. A 256GB laptop with a 2TB pCloud Drive behind it doesn’t seem smaller anymore. It works on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android and everything stays in sync across all in real time.
With pCloud Backup, backing up the folders you choose is simple and safe from lost laptop, fire, flood or theft. If you run a NAS at home, pCloud supports backup via WebDAV, Rsync, SFTP, and SCP, making it a true offsite destination for a Synology NAS, not just a simple sync folder. It would be a perfect offsite backup for small businesses, remote workers, etc.
Photos, documents and leaving Google
iCloud Photos is great, but it uses storage space from your iCloud storage quota, which can get expensive as Apple cameras get better and better and file sizes continue to increase. Every pCloud plan includes pCloud Photos, a photo gallery that organizes everything by date on a timeline, automatically tags objects and scenes, and groups shots into albums by event and person.
The pCloud mobile app automatically backs up your camera roll to free up space on your iPhone; a Memories feature resurfaces older photos, as the Photos app does; and a built-in document scanner turns receipts and documents into PDFs without needing a separate app. There’s also a built-in photo editor within the app with one-click crop, rotation, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, and eight filters, so quick fixes don’t require returning to Apple Photos.
pCloud Docs covers documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, text, and markdown with six built-in editors and real-time collaboration, all from your browser or mobile app. If your family is split, with one person on Microsoft, Apple, or Google, pCloud can upload files from Google Photos, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Facebook. This is the easiest way I’ve seen to get everyone’s files in one place without having to download and re-upload everything.
The 3in1 package: storage, password and encryption forever
Files and photos aren’t the only benefit of joining the pCloud ecosystem. pCloud Pass is a password manager that works across all devices, browsers, and operating systems, with one-click login, form filling, and a strong, unique password generator. Passwords are still difficult, and most people pay monthly for a manager or reuse the same three passwords. A lifetime license solves the hassles of using a dedicated password manager app or being locked out of Apple or Google systems.
pCloud Encryption is client-side zero-knowledge encryption for your most sensitive files. Simply put: files in your Crypto folder are encrypted on your Mac before uploading and only you keep the key. pCloud can’t read them, and neither can anyone else. It’s the right place for tax returns, scans of your birth certificate, and anything else you’d rather not have in a regular sync folder.
Here’s the offer you’ll need to pay most attention to: pCloud offers a unique 3in1 package, because it eliminates two other subscriptions at the same time. That’s 3TB of lifetime storage plus Lifetime pCloud Pass and Lifetime pCloud Encryption, and it’s the only offer that includes everything you need to ditch the vast majority of your subscriptions. Count how much this level of storage and features would cost you over three or four years and you’ll see how incredible of a deal it is. If you don’t sign up today, you’ll end up regretting it in 2030.
pCloud’s Black Friday offer
pCloud Black Friday prices run from November 13th to November 28th. Each plan is a one-time payment with lifetime access, no subscriptions and no renewals.
- Duration 500GB: $159 (normally $279, 43% off)
- 2TB duration: $379 (normally $709, 47% off)
- 10TB duration: $1,099 (normally $2,799, 61% off)
- 3in1 Bundle (3TB + Lifetime pCloud Pass + Lifetime pCloud Encryption): $579 (normally $1,517, 62% off)
You can also choose where to store your data, with data centers in Luxembourg and the US, and everything is protected in transit with TLS/SSL. With pCloud, it’s your files and your rules, and a lifetime agreement protects it all.
If you’re tired of paying for storage every month, this is the week to stop. Get pCloud’s Black Friday Lifetime offer before it expires on November 28.
The best time to sign up for pCloud’s lifetime agreement was 9 years ago. The second best is today.
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