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Maybe, but a feature that works is worth more than a product that doesn't. Dropbox always works, everywhere. I'm old enough to remember a world pre-Drobox (and

by bambax 7y ago

Maybe, but a feature that works is worth more than a product that doesn't. Dropbox always works, everywhere. I'm old enough to remember a world pre-Drobox (and pre-high bandwidth). I used to work at different places. I kept a laptop in each office, and carried with me Iomega disks that I synced every morning. It was slow and complex and error-prone. Alternatives from either Apple or MS will never work as well, they will always favor the platform they come from (if they don't eventually drop the others). It's not an overstatement to say that Dropbox changed my life; here's to hoping it never goes away.

jchw 7y ago
“Dropbox always works, everywhere.” This used to be true, but has gradually become less true. Linux support has certainly taken quite a dive. They also removed features I really liked. I used the Public folder a lot :( (I actually used to pay for Dropbox, because I genuinely thought it was a great product. It’s still probably one of the best syncing services, but at this point I’ve just moved off of syncing services.)
- dheera 7y ago
  Yes, this. Them ending support for ecryptfs filesystems (they used to support it) is the main reason I'm considering ending my subscription soon. They took a massive step backward there and I am not happy about having to move my entire Dropbox directory to an unencrypted part of the filesystem.
  - bovine3dom 7y ago
    They rolled back those changes - they support quite a few filesystems again now. See the Linux section of https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/system-requirements https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/syste...
    - dheera 7y ago
      Oh awesome, thanks. I'll test that again and if it continues to work with my encrypted filesystems, I will probably stay a paying customer.
michaelcampbell 7y ago
> Dropbox always works, everywhere. Nope. My 2-3 windows installs fail way too often. And totally silently. And don't restart. Had to drop from the paid version to bare minimum and move to Syncthing which for me works far better at the cost of more options to config.
scarface74 7y ago
Microsoft has been supporting the Mac since 1985. I doubt very seriously that it will be dropping support for OneDrive for iOS or macOS in the foreseeable future. MS has been quick to support new relevant APIs as they are introduced by Apple.

by bambax 7y ago

jchw 7y ago

“Dropbox always works, everywhere.” This used to be true, but has gradually become less true. Linux support has certainly taken quite a dive. They also removed features I really liked. I used the Public folder a lot :( (I actually used to pay for Dropbox, because I genuinely thought it was a great product. It’s still probably one of the best syncing services, but at this point I’ve just moved off of syncing services.)

dheera 7y ago
Yes, this. Them ending support for ecryptfs filesystems (they used to support it) is the main reason I'm considering ending my subscription soon. They took a massive step backward there and I am not happy about having to move my entire Dropbox directory to an unencrypted part of the filesystem.
- bovine3dom 7y ago
  They rolled back those changes - they support quite a few filesystems again now. See the Linux section of https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/system-requirements https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/syste...
  - dheera 7y ago
    Oh awesome, thanks. I'll test that again and if it continues to work with my encrypted filesystems, I will probably stay a paying customer.

michaelcampbell 7y ago

> Dropbox always works, everywhere. Nope. My 2-3 windows installs fail way too often. And totally silently. And don't restart. Had to drop from the paid version to bare minimum and move to Syncthing which for me works far better at the cost of more options to config.

scarface74 7y ago

Microsoft has been supporting the Mac since 1985. I doubt very seriously that it will be dropping support for OneDrive for iOS or macOS in the foreseeable future. MS has been quick to support new relevant APIs as they are introduced by Apple.