The primary purpose of dropbox was never "backup". It was always to intelligently store and share data, and to be able to identify information inside of it - li

The primary purpose of dropbox was never "backup". It was always to intelligently store and share data, and to be able to identify information inside of it - like if it's an image, have a gallery. If it's a word doc, have a light weight interface for reading and editing, etc. It was also one of the primary ways to get data out of cell phones because of the "sharing" and "syncing" options. I think you are confusing dropbox for something else? In fact I think dropbox would be a horrible backup solution! Don't use it for backup or you will be disappointed.