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I’m a huge fan of dropbox, partially because I’m an enterprise user of all their features (including paper and transfer!). In addition to Discord, I feel that i

by aabhay 6y ago

I’m a huge fan of dropbox, partially because I’m an enterprise user of all their features (including paper and transfer!). In addition to Discord, I feel that it is one of the few companies that has kept their product simple and streamlined. Even modern tools like Airtable, Notion, Miro and of course Slack feel bloated and complicated. It’s a genuine challenge for large organizations to maintain simplicity so I respect what they were able to do.

ramraj07 6y ago
How the hell is slack more complicated than dropbox?? I didn't see Slack Paper, or Slack photos which they then comoletely and annoyingly dropped support for!
- aabhay 6y ago
  Compared to Google Drive and OneDrive, Dropbox is like a zen masterpiece. I just install the Dropbox helper and I rarely if ever need to use the website or use any funky app integrations. Slack used to be simple, now it’s a mess of different teams, with a thousand channels, each with threads and document tools and integrations and slash commands to remember.
Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
> I feel that it is one of the few companies that has kept their product simple and streamlined I'm a longitme paid Dropbox user for personal things and I have the exact _opposite_ feeling. I want Dropbox to a be a single folder that is always synced perfectly to anywhere the app is. Things like link sharing, API access, "smart sync", etc are nice bonuses. But, they had VC money (and are now public). They couldn't have been content with a complete product, there always needed to be _more_. I'm a paying user, but I still have "pay us more!" banners. They want me to connect my calendar [1]. They want me to use their writing suite with my (nonexistent) team. Their mac app has become increasingly invasive over the years. [2] I constantly feel "left behind" by them as a customer. Their product motivation so far from the reason I joined them. Each year as my renewal date looms, I look for reasonable alternatives. Ultimately it has the best syncing and I've stuck with it, but I'd almost pay extra to get rid of all the extra junk that's "integrated" with the service now. Just sync my files. [1]: https://cdn.zappy.app/b874d95cff539ec74d76e9dcd8679dad.png https://cdn.zappy.app/b874d95cff539ec74d76e9dcd8679dad.png [2]: https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/ https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-di...

by aabhay 6y ago

ramraj07 6y ago

How the hell is slack more complicated than dropbox?? I didn't see Slack Paper, or Slack photos which they then comoletely and annoyingly dropped support for!

aabhay 6y ago
Compared to Google Drive and OneDrive, Dropbox is like a zen masterpiece. I just install the Dropbox helper and I rarely if ever need to use the website or use any funky app integrations. Slack used to be simple, now it’s a mess of different teams, with a thousand channels, each with threads and document tools and integrations and slash commands to remember.

Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago

> I feel that it is one of the few companies that has kept their product simple and streamlined I'm a longitme paid Dropbox user for personal things and I have the exact _opposite_ feeling. I want Dropbox to a be a single folder that is always synced perfectly to anywhere the app is. Things like link sharing, API access, "smart sync", etc are nice bonuses. But, they had VC money (and are now public). They couldn't have been content with a complete product, there always needed to be _more_. I'm a paying user, but I still have "pay us more!" banners. They want me to connect my calendar [1]. They want me to use their writing suite with my (nonexistent) team. Their mac app has become increasingly invasive over the years. [2] I constantly feel "left behind" by them as a customer. Their product motivation so far from the reason I joined them. Each year as my renewal date looms, I look for reasonable alternatives. Ultimately it has the best syncing and I've stuck with it, but I'd almost pay extra to get rid of all the extra junk that's "integrated" with the service now. Just sync my files. [1]: https://cdn.zappy.app/b874d95cff539ec74d76e9dcd8679dad.png https://cdn.zappy.app/b874d95cff539ec74d76e9dcd8679dad.png [2]: https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/ https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-di...