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pCloud sells itself as a privacy-focused alternative to Dropbox, Google, iCloud, etc. They're running a deal right now on lifetime accounts, too.
Never trust a company selling lifetime accounts. It's entirely unsustainable and eventually the other shoe always drops.
SAAS is a scam
We're talking about data storage, not software. There are real every day costs, maintenance, replacement, power, etc... that are involved in reliably storing data.
I share the sentiment that you should be able to buy software.
Paying for data storage in a single lifetime payment is like buying one square foot of storage space in someone's apartment for a flat fee and expecting it to actually be there forever.