I'd argue that in this case the paid version of this might actually be worse than the free one, from what I've seen/heard of onedrive. I don't use the free consumer version at all... but the paid version that does this auto backup thing for enterprise customers ...
There's also a paid (subscription) version for consumers, which is bundled with Microsoft 365. The price is low, particularly with the family subscription (but still low-cost for an individual subscription too).
It's easy to configure so that only what you want is backed up. There's a little cloud icon in the
taskbar, click on it, and then everything is self-explanatory (screenshots are attached showing the details for those who don't use it and are curious).
I find it useful for:
* file-sharing with others (without pop-up ads!)
* file-sharing with myself (i.e. to phone, etc)
* useful as another backup for anything critical (the subscription provides 1 TB per user, but I'm only using about 30 Gbytes currently).
Plus it has all the usual collaboration features like Google Docs, so that more than one person can work on a document simultaneously. There may be feature differences here and there when compared with Google Docs, but I've not found a showstopper for my purposes.
It works on all platforms since it can be accessed by app, or, if that doesn't exist, in-browser (again like Google Docs).
I think all that is quite good for the price, bearing in mind that OneDrive is just one small part of the functionality offered in the bundle. I've been using it for at least three years (maybe coming up to 4 years), no problems so far.