Google-drive – Why pay for Google Drive

I see several benefits:

1. Primarily, if you have multiple computers, your two (or more) instances of Google Drive will automatically sync up in the background.

2. It would save you a step. Once the GDrive client is installed, you don't interact with it anymore. You simply manage the files in the Google Drive folder as you would in any other folder. If you created your 7zip files directly in the Google Drive folder you wouldn't also have to fire up a web browser.

3. It is useful if you don't have a network connection (or the one you have isn't very good), for instance if you're working on a laptop and there's no wifi nearby. You can just create your files and forget about them. Once you restore your network connection your files will automatically sync to the cloud. Your method would require that you remember to upload the files once you've gotten back on-line.

But, hey, if your way works there's nothing wrong with that.

No, it is not currently possible to purchase storage plans for someone else using a personal account, though it is possible to do so if the account is using Google Apps for Work.