Just checked the Backblaze website where you can find the following page https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/supported-bac... which says:

This article answers the question, "What does Backblaze back up?" Backblaze backs up all of your data across all of the user profiles that are on your computer as soon as you install the client.

Backblaze believes that you do not need to worry whether you selected all of the files that you care about, put any files in a different location on your computer, or added new files that may not be included in your online backup. Therefore, Backblaze automatically selects all of your data.

This is at best flat out wrong, at worst a blatant lie. But this was what I thought I was buying and paying for. Turns out you do have to worry!

Don't lie about other stuff you don't back up. Very disappointed in Backblaze.

Longtime backblaze user. Time to vibecode myself a replacement.

Should really qualify this headline with which backblaze product.

rhey alao stopped taking my cc and email me on a no+reply email about it like they dont want to get paid

I'd like to apologise to everyone for this situation. It's very likely because I've just started using it recently.

clear communication is very important

as well as giving users the rightful choice about such things

bad call

Windows is constantly pushing my wife and inlaws to move all their files to OneDrive while Backblaze is no longer backing up OneDrive. There are similar things going on with Apple and iCloud.

What is the point of Backblaze at all at this point? If you are a consumer, all your files are probably IN OneDrive or iCloud or soon will be.

Holy Hannah, this is such bullshit from Backblaze. Both the .git directory (why would I not SPECIFICALLY want this backed up for my projects?) and the cloud directories.

I get that changing economics make it more difficult to honor the original "Backup Everything" promise but this feels very underhanded. I'll be cancelling.

Restic+Backblaze

This is just wild.

I mean, they do one thing.

Looking forward to seeing if they respond.