Poll: Would you pay to back up data from your online accounts?

3 points by mbrubeck ↗ HN
I store a lot of information in hosted apps, and I want that data to be backed up just like my local files. Aside from email, there are no standard APIs or protocols to backup/export from most of these services, so I've cobbled together some scripts for my own use. If I turned this into an easy-to-use service or product, could it be a viable business? I'm asking here because HN readers are some of the early customers I'd hope for.

This poll is biased towards services that I know and use (best to be your own customer, right?) but you can suggest others in the comments.

I would pay $50-100/year for a program or service that created regular, automated backups of my...

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Interesting poll - this is definitely not what I was expecting from the title. I don't consider my online bookmarks "hosted data" but I suppose it is in a broad sense of the word.
Thanks, I'll try changing the title to make it more obvious...