I don’t know what your definition of “for cheap” is, and I haven’t used it in years, but there’s rsync.net.
There are also a handful of pieces of FOSS host-your-own-cloud-fileserver software. The one I’m most familiar with is ownCloud. It supports more or less Google-Drive-like functionality, and there's a plugin that lets you use arbitrary external storage (like Google Drive itself, or any random FTP server) to extend your storage space. So you could set up ownCloud for web-based access from anywhere (including optional sharing), and store your files on a hard drive (or multiple hard drives) in your house. There’s a dedicated client for Windows and Linux and I think MacOS, and a (cheap but not free or Free) Android app, but also webdav access so you can just mount your ownCloud space somewhere; that's what I do. It’s a little flaky (especially around upgrades), but I’m getting a lot out of it (although I haven't used the external-storage plugin myself).
Anonymous? Tricky that one. The way I see it, there are a few cloud options if you don't want to host your own (owncloud is fantastic). Some services like AWS (Mostly downloading? Go with Amazon Glacier?) and Dreamhost themselves offer easy access to tons of storage. Other services like box.com or gdrive offer ways of mounting storage (fuse, webdav). Very few offer easy options like ftp(s), sftp, or heaven forfend, nfs or smb.
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There are also a handful of pieces of FOSS host-your-own-cloud-fileserver software. The one I’m most familiar with is ownCloud. It supports more or less Google-Drive-like functionality, and there's a plugin that lets you use arbitrary external storage (like Google Drive itself, or any random FTP server) to extend your storage space. So you could set up ownCloud for web-based access from anywhere (including optional sharing), and store your files on a hard drive (or multiple hard drives) in your house. There’s a dedicated client for Windows and Linux and I think MacOS, and a (cheap but not free or Free) Android app, but also webdav access so you can just mount your ownCloud space somewhere; that's what I do. It’s a little flaky (especially around upgrades), but I’m getting a lot out of it (although I haven't used the external-storage plugin myself).
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