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What does Dropbox do for me that going all the way over to Google Docs wouldn't?

• danieldk 9y ago
  Far better file synchronisation (peer to peer LAN sync, partial file sync, file requests). And you are the customer, not the product, to repeat a cliche.
  • skrowl 9y ago
    I had the opposite impression. Dropbox sync was constantly making conflict files while Google Drive Sync (now replaced by File Stream) was able to more gracefully determine which file was newer. File stream adds the benefit of just keeping a stub file on all of my machines, then not actually downloading the file until I need it (you can, of course, specify which folders to always keep a downloaded copy of).
    • pedro2 9y ago
      File Stream is for Business account only (G Suite). Dropbox Sync is also for paying individual customers (Dropbox Professional tier, not Dropbox Plus). That being said, I had conflicts with Dropbox when opening a Visual Studio solution on a directory mapped through a junction point, which made me unsure about how reliable is their filessystem driver.
  • joelrunyon 9y ago
    Their permissions + folder stacking are much worse than Google (or even Apple's default system). Logging into dropbox.com is actively confusing.
  • deelowe 9y ago
    gsuite is the paid version of drive, docs, calendar. It's not supported by ads.