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Poor performance, broken in Windows when using roaming profiles, storing binaries in the user's roaming AppData folder on Windows, DLL injection in Windows and

Poor performance, broken in Windows when using roaming profiles, storing binaries in the user's roaming AppData folder on Windows, DLL injection in Windows and god-knows-what in OS X to alter Explorer & Finder icons, low base storage. The only thing Dropbox has going for it is that somehow, everyone else is worse. Core syncing and client reliability is just trash across the board for all the other providers. But Dropbox is still infuriating.

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_jsn 11y ago
They were injecting code in to the Finder too. No doubt this is why Finder Sync Extensions[1] were created, because it's a support nightmare. (Well, and also because that code injection vector was eliminated in El Capitan.) [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Finder.html https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Genera...
free2rhyme214 11y ago
I think Google is faster at file sync than Dropbox. "Best in class sync" may have been true a few years ago. Then again no one is perfect. I've seen the green check mark missing from all my files in Google Drive at different times. Most of us are complaining about services we use for free.
- shinratdr 11y ago
  > I think Google is faster at file sync than Dropbox. Speed of sync isn't much of a concern to me personally, I don't use Dropbox for big files. Reliability of sync is key for me, and for that I have never had an issue. Everything is everywhere, without exception. No conflicts or corruptions, period. > Most of us are complaining about services we use for free. I'll complain about a browser too. "Free" isn't an excuse to offer a crappy product. You're still making money off your userbase somehow. It's also worth noting that the problems that exist with Dropbox, permiate all tiers. I'll use it, but I'd never pay for a service with so many issues unless I had a very good specific reason. For example, iCloud Sync is way worse but I'll pay for the privilege of being able to dump my iPhone photos online automatically.
  - free2rhyme214 11y ago
    I agree with your free comment, but you'll pay for iCloud when Google Photos is essentially free?
    - shinratdr 11y ago
      Yep, because it's built into iOS at the system-level. I also don't like Google and I generally avoid all their services except Search & Maps.
zzleeper 11y ago
What bothers me about Dropbox is that many of the complaints I had 7 years ago are still there... For instance, I can't exclude folders and extensions, which messes up my workflow a lot (e.g. I can't exclude .git folders)
- blakeyrat 11y ago
  Years ago I tried to buy a gift subscription of Dropbox for a friend so we could collaborate. Still impossible. These guys can't even manage GIFT CERTIFICATES, I'm not surprised they have trouble with actual technical issues.
  - vox_mollis 11y ago
    Why do you take the punishment? There are tons of other storage+sync providers available.
  - lazy_lizard 11y ago
    https://www.dropbox.com/gift https://www.dropbox.com/gift
  - lazy_lizard 11y ago
    https://www.dropbox.com/gift https://www.dropbox.com/gift
    - WillKirkby 11y ago
      "Sorry! Gifting isn’t available in your country yet. Sign up for notifications, and we’ll email you once it’s available."
      - shinratdr 11y ago
        I got the same message in Canada.
    - blakeyrat 11y ago
      Wow, that must be brand-new. I was looking for it a couple months ago, and all I found was a million support posts about "why don't you offer gift accounts?" and a few promises that it was coming soon, really, posted back in like 2009.
voltagex_ 11y ago
Interesting! https://codeinsecurity.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/installing-dropbox-prepare-to-lose-aslr/ https://codeinsecurity.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/installing-d... https://0b4af6cdc2f0c5998459-c0245c5c937c5dedcca3f1764ecc9b2f.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/12058-woot13-kholia.pdf https://0b4af6cdc2f0c5998459-c0245c5c937c5dedcca3f1764ecc9b2...

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_jsn 11y ago

They were injecting code in to the Finder too. No doubt this is why Finder Sync Extensions[1] were created, because it's a support nightmare. (Well, and also because that code injection vector was eliminated in El Capitan.) [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Finder.html https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Genera...

free2rhyme214 11y ago

I think Google is faster at file sync than Dropbox. "Best in class sync" may have been true a few years ago. Then again no one is perfect. I've seen the green check mark missing from all my files in Google Drive at different times. Most of us are complaining about services we use for free.

shinratdr 11y ago
> I think Google is faster at file sync than Dropbox. Speed of sync isn't much of a concern to me personally, I don't use Dropbox for big files. Reliability of sync is key for me, and for that I have never had an issue. Everything is everywhere, without exception. No conflicts or corruptions, period. > Most of us are complaining about services we use for free. I'll complain about a browser too. "Free" isn't an excuse to offer a crappy product. You're still making money off your userbase somehow. It's also worth noting that the problems that exist with Dropbox, permiate all tiers. I'll use it, but I'd never pay for a service with so many issues unless I had a very good specific reason. For example, iCloud Sync is way worse but I'll pay for the privilege of being able to dump my iPhone photos online automatically.
- free2rhyme214 11y ago
  I agree with your free comment, but you'll pay for iCloud when Google Photos is essentially free?
  - shinratdr 11y ago
    Yep, because it's built into iOS at the system-level. I also don't like Google and I generally avoid all their services except Search & Maps.

zzleeper 11y ago

What bothers me about Dropbox is that many of the complaints I had 7 years ago are still there... For instance, I can't exclude folders and extensions, which messes up my workflow a lot (e.g. I can't exclude .git folders)

blakeyrat 11y ago
Years ago I tried to buy a gift subscription of Dropbox for a friend so we could collaborate. Still impossible. These guys can't even manage GIFT CERTIFICATES, I'm not surprised they have trouble with actual technical issues.
- vox_mollis 11y ago
  Why do you take the punishment? There are tons of other storage+sync providers available.
- lazy_lizard 11y ago
  https://www.dropbox.com/gift https://www.dropbox.com/gift
- lazy_lizard 11y ago
  https://www.dropbox.com/gift https://www.dropbox.com/gift
  - WillKirkby 11y ago
    "Sorry! Gifting isn’t available in your country yet. Sign up for notifications, and we’ll email you once it’s available."
    - shinratdr 11y ago
      I got the same message in Canada.
  - blakeyrat 11y ago
    Wow, that must be brand-new. I was looking for it a couple months ago, and all I found was a million support posts about "why don't you offer gift accounts?" and a few promises that it was coming soon, really, posted back in like 2009.

voltagex_ 11y ago

Interesting! https://codeinsecurity.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/installing-dropbox-prepare-to-lose-aslr/ https://codeinsecurity.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/installing-d... https://0b4af6cdc2f0c5998459-c0245c5c937c5dedcca3f1764ecc9b2f.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/12058-woot13-kholia.pdf https://0b4af6cdc2f0c5998459-c0245c5c937c5dedcca3f1764ecc9b2...