You and me both. Heck, I posted the same request in this discussion as a snarky comment. It's kind of baffling to me that people have been asking for this feat

You and me both. Heck, I posted the same request in this discussion as a snarky comment. It's kind of baffling to me that people have been asking for this feature for years, with requests [1] having hundreds of comments and upvotes on their site, and it's still ignored. "Selective sync" is a very poor substitute. [1] https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&topic=200209235&query=dropboxignore&commit=Search https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&...