pCloud

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2022–2026), in 5 threads.

People raised many different problems with pCloud, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 6 complaints

Drive on Windows and Mac fails and needs manual removal, reinstall, or re-enabling2026-03-23
Photos are slow to render when cycling through them in the app2026-03-23
Client encryption is so slow it becomes unusable2025-05-01
Sync resets lose folder info, forcing risky full re-downloads and no clear upload status2024-04-21
Promo banners can't be dismissed or turned off despite notifications disabled2023-12-14
Many files skipped during migration with no clear indication which or why2022-11-18