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> In addition to selling utilities to keep digital files safe and accessible, Dropbox intends to offer software that businesspeople use for hours each day to cr

> In addition to selling utilities to keep digital files safe and accessible, Dropbox intends to offer software that businesspeople use for hours each day to create content and get work done. Aaaaagghh!!! Just... no. Dropbox used to do one thing well (modulo creepy stuff [1]): sync a directory across multiple computers. This wasn't so hard to do, but shockingly, Apple and Google didn't just implement this feature and make them obsolete. They could have been satisfied with owning that market, but now they want to create yet another office suite? Ugh... [1] http://venturebeat.com/2016/09/20/dropbox-now-asks-for-accessibility-permission-in-macos-sierra-and-os-x/ http://venturebeat.com/2016/09/20/dropbox-now-asks-for-acces...

megablast 10y ago
Of course, you have to grow. You have to move into new areas. That is what everyone does, that is how the world works.
- yardie 10y ago
  No, everyone does not do that and the rest of the world does not work that way. This train of thought is specific to capitalism (not to be confused with free market). Most large companies do a few things well and everything else mediocre or poorly. Most small companies do a few things well and everything else poorly. The difference is a small company recognizes it can't afford to do those things poorly and won't pursue it. Large companies will keep dumping money into bad, poorly planned products. See Apple and cloud, Google and everything not Pagerank, Microsoft and mobile. The world has more small companies than large ones.