Transparent Full-Disk Backup With Integrity Verification

P6/10April 14, 2026

WhatA consumer backup service that commits to backing up everything on disk with a real-time, auditable manifest showing exactly what is and isn't protected.

SignalUsers are discovering that their trusted backup provider has been silently excluding files and folders without notice, breaking the fundamental promise of comprehensive backup and eroding trust in the entire category.

Why NowCloud-synced folders (OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud Drive) are now deeply integrated into OS file systems by default, meaning legacy backup tools that exclude them leave massive blind spots that didn't exist five years ago.

MarketTens of millions of consumers and prosumers paying $5-10/mo for backup; Backblaze Personal has ~500K+ subscribers. The gap is trust and transparency — no incumbent offers a verifiable, auditable backup manifest.

MoatTrust brand and switching costs — once users verify their full backup is intact and build history, moving to another provider means re-uploading everything and losing retention history.

Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others View discussion ↗ · Article ↗ · 1,080 pts · April 14, 2026

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