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I can tell you where I think Dropbox is going. I believe that the time of cloud providers like Dropbox raking in profits, whilst accepting absolutely none of t
by vDesktop 11y ago
I can tell you where I think Dropbox is going.
I believe that the time of cloud providers like Dropbox raking in profits, whilst accepting absolutely none of the liability is coming to an end.
Right now Dropbox has tens of millions of its customers who entrust some of their most valuable personal and business files to a cloud provider who does not give them an SLA and who fails to properly insure their customers against data loss, downtime or cyber attack.
It is one of the dirtiest secrets of cloud and something nobody talks about ever. I would argue that Dropbox is an accident waiting to happen and their customers will be left holding the can. Only a matter of time I believe.
- vDesktop 11y agoSorry I had also meant to say that Dropbox is going to start providing a basic SLA and some form of insurance coverage for their users, they have no other choice and know that if their customers wake up to the fact that they are holding the can, there will be a huge fallout. Expect them to get ahead of this.
- smpetrey 11y agoI completely agree. Here's my 2 cents. A few buddies of mine back in 2009 were joking around that Dropbox would undoubtedly launch an email service. Then they bought MailBox. Personally, I think it's only a matter of time that a entry-level bundle will become available under the guise of a free email service. Users get free email address, and access to MailBox + 2 GB storage. The email is just bait. I think at the point the `*@dropbox.com` emails become available, they would be wise to implement at the very least a basic SLA.