Dropbox was criticized when it first came up on Show HN. People said that they could create their own and that nobody would adopt installing something. You can

Dropbox was criticized when it first came up on Show HN. People said that they could create their own and that nobody would adopt installing something. You can view the original post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 Edit: it only had 71 comments and 111 points, and if I'm not mistaken, that's not much by today's standards.