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You're right and wrong. You're right in that people don't know what they want. But you're wrong that industry doesn't give it to them - in this case, Dropbox di
by mseebach 10y ago
You're right and wrong. You're right in that people don't know what they want. But you're wrong that industry doesn't give it to them - in this case, Dropbox did, and we (techies) said "why would you want that, you can just [X, Y, Z]?" while regular people flocked to it because it was just so much better.
Sure, it didn't include direct LAN sync to begin with (it does now), but that's the kind of "perfect is the enemy of good" implementation detail that the vast majority of people couldn't care less about.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoYeah, I meant mostly to convey that part you say I'm right about :). I.e. I believe that a lot of useful tools appear because some people want to solve a problem for themselves, and only then others discover the value in it.