The lack of a background service is indeed a drag, as all the competitors I’ve tried run in the background. But what do you mean that SpiderOak doesn’t have multiple destinations? You can sync to an unlimited number of computers. For that reason, I’m now using it as a replacement for Crashplan and DropBox because it allows me to kill two birds with one stone: I’m backed up between my various machines AND I can access and modify that data at will. (I don’t need LAN backup like you, since all my machines are on separate networks.)Granted, you cannot merely backup up to a remote destination without having your own account there, so using a buddy’s computer to host your backup data (as you can with Crashplan) is not practical. But between your own machines, it works fine.And to respond to Spade’s point 4, using Advanced backup mode still requires that a folder/file be backed up before it’s selectable in the Sync window.

So SpiderOak is not (yet) all things to all people. I do hope they’re listening to user feedback and implementing changes to meet the needs/desires of the public.