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I gave up on drop box long ago, but someone in my company uses a paid version of it for some reason still, and group policy means it's on my windows machine. I
by bbarn 10y ago
I gave up on drop box long ago, but someone in my company uses a paid version of it for some reason still, and group policy means it's on my windows machine. I made the mistake of plugging my phone into my work PC to charge it recently and got a lovely little attempt to get me to back up my photos from my phone - so I don't lose my memories! which caused me to promptly circumvent corporate policy via my buddy working in helpdesk and uninstall it.
I don't understand why, once already installed, they are trying to get me to use it more. They won't make more money will they? Are they using this as a way to get me to get close to a limit and upgrade?
- viraptor 10y agoYou may know it's possible, others on HN may know it's possible. But if you release Dropbox for Joe Random on the internet, it actually makes sense to notify him that he can backup his photos from the phone when you discover the phone is being connected. It's helping feature discovery, not pushing addons - as you say - they don't explicitly make more money from this.