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Does anyone here still use Dropbox? (I signed up in 2009, and probably last touched it in 2011 ...) P.S. their studiously ignoring user-side encryption was a

Does anyone here still use Dropbox? (I signed up in 2009, and probably last touched it in 2011 ...) P.S. their studiously ignoring user-side encryption was a factor - if I'm getting my files exposed, might as well go with the big default services.

artmageddon 10y ago
While my folder could use a bit of a spring cleaning, I do. It's been damn useful the last 7-8 years.
lowglow 10y ago
A lot of non-tech-savvy people use it for pirating stuff. I've seen some people coordinate larger files across it. But for the most part, I haven't seen it out in the wild for a few. That might be because it's use is low, OR that it's so well integrated as people's workflow, it sort has just sunk into the background.
PStamatiou 10y ago
Every single day.
quantisan 10y ago
not anymore
toomuchtodo 10y ago
I pay $100/year for Pro. Cheaper and easier to have 1TB of remote storage than SD cards, USB sticks, etc, and no excessive bandwidth charges such that AWS has. EDIT: I don't care if my files are encrypted. EDIT 2: Dropbox sync is rock solid. Every experience with the Google Drive sync client has been trash. I can (and do) pay for convenience.
- mikeevans 10y ago
  Any reason that you use it over Google Drive?
  - B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
    For that kind of money, one can get a five-pack Office 365 with one TB storage and MS apps thrown in for each user. (Unless MS changes their mind again - they already did last year, stiffing Lumia customers, and so I bought a NAS instead of signing up.)
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - parfe 10y ago
    "There is no Drive app for Linux at this time." Meanwhile three years ago the message read: "Drive for Linux isn’t ready just yet"
  - krzyk 10y ago
    Does it have an official Linux client?
  - lancewiggs 10y ago
    1: Trust: Google is primarily in the business of search, and Google Drive is one of many other products that Google has. The company has a history of deleting or ignoring products that are not performing, or even that are performing but not core. Meanwhile Google's core business or searching anything and everything makes their motivations for GDrive suspect. I moved my email from Google long ago for similar reasons. 2: Salience: Dropbox is in the business of providing the Dropbox service - and everything else is non-core. So if I pay for my service at Dropbox I would expect to be more important to them than to Google, who make far more income from advertisers. Meanwhile Google is famous for being hard to do business with for customers of all levels. 3: Simplicty: Dropbox just works, and very elegantly. It's the product of choice for a very large number of people and SMEs and getting it working outside of a corporate network is easy. Meanwhile Google products (and Hangouts is the worst here) are often inaccessibly appalling to operate for people who are not deliberately immersed in the Google ecosystem. It's not perfect. I would like to see a far higher standard of security from Dropbox, and wish they had not wasted so much effort on non-core functions like photos. This trend appears to be getting worse - with the article stating "Dropbox intends to offer software that businesspeople use for hours each day to create content and get work done."
- ohstopitu 10y ago
  While this is DEFINITELY not a solution, have a look at Insync[0]. It's what a google drive client should be. (I just use the cloud to sync files and generally as an USB stick of sorts - not a folder where I constantly edit stuff - so I can't vouch for their extreme sync abilities) [0] - https://www.insynchq.com/ https://www.insynchq.com/
- CPAhem 10y ago
  There are many alternatives, try SpiderOak if you want encryption, or SyncDocs if you just want to encrypt your free Google Drive storage.
- Steeeve 10y ago
  Amazon Cloud drive is $60/year for unlimited space.
  - toomuchtodo 10y ago
    It's only unlimited until it's not. I prefer someone who's primary business is what I'm paying for also.
dahdum 10y ago
I regularly use 5 computers spread across 3 locations, as well as 3 mobile devices. Dropbox is quite handy to sync files across all of them.
deleted 10y ago
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anonova 10y ago
I still use it, but I'll likely switch once they disable the public folder.[1] It's the sole reason I use Dropbox. [1]: https://www.dropbox.com/help/16 https://www.dropbox.com/help/16
- Angostura 10y ago
  Yeh, I'm pretty annoyed that the useful and simple Public Folder functionality is being nixed.
new299 10y ago
Their lack of encryption is even more concerning as they appointed a board member who supports warrentless surveillance: http://www.drop-dropbox.com/ http://www.drop-dropbox.com/

artmageddon 10y ago

While my folder could use a bit of a spring cleaning, I do. It's been damn useful the last 7-8 years.

lowglow 10y ago

A lot of non-tech-savvy people use it for pirating stuff. I've seen some people coordinate larger files across it. But for the most part, I haven't seen it out in the wild for a few. That might be because it's use is low, OR that it's so well integrated as people's workflow, it sort has just sunk into the background.

PStamatiou 10y ago

Every single day.

quantisan 10y ago

not anymore

toomuchtodo 10y ago

I pay $100/year for Pro. Cheaper and easier to have 1TB of remote storage than SD cards, USB sticks, etc, and no excessive bandwidth charges such that AWS has. EDIT: I don't care if my files are encrypted. EDIT 2: Dropbox sync is rock solid. Every experience with the Google Drive sync client has been trash. I can (and do) pay for convenience.

mikeevans 10y ago
Any reason that you use it over Google Drive?
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
  For that kind of money, one can get a five-pack Office 365 with one TB storage and MS apps thrown in for each user. (Unless MS changes their mind again - they already did last year, stiffing Lumia customers, and so I bought a NAS instead of signing up.)
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- parfe 10y ago
  "There is no Drive app for Linux at this time." Meanwhile three years ago the message read: "Drive for Linux isn’t ready just yet"
- krzyk 10y ago
  Does it have an official Linux client?
- lancewiggs 10y ago
  1: Trust: Google is primarily in the business of search, and Google Drive is one of many other products that Google has. The company has a history of deleting or ignoring products that are not performing, or even that are performing but not core. Meanwhile Google's core business or searching anything and everything makes their motivations for GDrive suspect. I moved my email from Google long ago for similar reasons. 2: Salience: Dropbox is in the business of providing the Dropbox service - and everything else is non-core. So if I pay for my service at Dropbox I would expect to be more important to them than to Google, who make far more income from advertisers. Meanwhile Google is famous for being hard to do business with for customers of all levels. 3: Simplicty: Dropbox just works, and very elegantly. It's the product of choice for a very large number of people and SMEs and getting it working outside of a corporate network is easy. Meanwhile Google products (and Hangouts is the worst here) are often inaccessibly appalling to operate for people who are not deliberately immersed in the Google ecosystem. It's not perfect. I would like to see a far higher standard of security from Dropbox, and wish they had not wasted so much effort on non-core functions like photos. This trend appears to be getting worse - with the article stating "Dropbox intends to offer software that businesspeople use for hours each day to create content and get work done."
ohstopitu 10y ago
While this is DEFINITELY not a solution, have a look at Insync[0]. It's what a google drive client should be. (I just use the cloud to sync files and generally as an USB stick of sorts - not a folder where I constantly edit stuff - so I can't vouch for their extreme sync abilities) [0] - https://www.insynchq.com/ https://www.insynchq.com/
CPAhem 10y ago
There are many alternatives, try SpiderOak if you want encryption, or SyncDocs if you just want to encrypt your free Google Drive storage.
Steeeve 10y ago
Amazon Cloud drive is $60/year for unlimited space.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  It's only unlimited until it's not. I prefer someone who's primary business is what I'm paying for also.

dahdum 10y ago

I regularly use 5 computers spread across 3 locations, as well as 3 mobile devices. Dropbox is quite handy to sync files across all of them.

deleted 10y ago

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anonova 10y ago

I still use it, but I'll likely switch once they disable the public folder.[1] It's the sole reason I use Dropbox. [1]: https://www.dropbox.com/help/16 https://www.dropbox.com/help/16

Angostura 10y ago
Yeh, I'm pretty annoyed that the useful and simple Public Folder functionality is being nixed.

new299 10y ago

Their lack of encryption is even more concerning as they appointed a board member who supports warrentless surveillance: http://www.drop-dropbox.com/ http://www.drop-dropbox.com/