It still relies on a 3rd party, no?<p>If they're hosting the files, then it is no better than Drop.io.<p>If the files are hosted off your own computer, then you still rely on them for redirection (same problem with URL shorteners).
I don't like this solution anyways, since a 3rd party will have a server with at least 2 nines, my desktop wouldn't hit that even if I intentionally left it on.
I love my TonidoPlug. I bought one last spring and have been using it as my own storage and sharing for photos, videos, and other media.<p>This sharing feature works very well, I use it quite a bit to share media files with collaborators (mostly to get uncompressed music scores that I produce for web media up to the director). And no, it doesn't take any kind of 3rd party service-- you could just as easily point a different domain at your TonidoPlug and be all set to go.<p>It has a lot of other useful features too-- I wasn't home when Ubuntu 10.10 came out, but I was able to log in from my phone and get the torrent started, in a simple and easy way. By the time I got home later that day, there it was, waiting for me. (All of this from a "server" that only pulls 2-5 watts and thus keeps my energy bills lower).<p>I have really enjoyed owning the Plug (and using the software) for its convenience and ease of use. I would recommend it without hesitation.