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> Then came "Google Drive" and nobody turned back to Dropbox after that. I wish it were true, but neither Google nor Apple have the most basic, brain-dead feat
by mullingitover 6y ago
> Then came "Google Drive" and nobody turned back to Dropbox after that.
I wish it were true, but neither Google nor Apple have the most basic, brain-dead feature: "Give me a link that I can give anyone, and they can download the thing without jumping through any hoops."
They both require people receiving a file to jump through the hoop of having accounts with them in order to do this most basic action. It's the reason I'm still regrettably paying Dropbox. Anything calling itself a cloud drive should have basic feature where you can send anyone a link and they can download the file with no other requirement than an internet-connected browser.
- ImTheMaddest 6y agoGoogle Drive has this feature, right click the file > get shareable link > Anyone on the Internet with this link can view
- Stratoscope 6y agoOneDrive too, for either a file or a folder, with approximately the same UI (right click and select Share). Works on desktop, mobile, and web.
- mullingitover 6y agoI stand corrected! Time to cancel that dropbox subscription.
- ByteJockey 6y agoI've defaulted to making s3 buckets public for that. Admittedly, the s3 console isn't the easiest thing to navigate if you aren't used to it, but I don't really need to do it very often.
- beamatronic 6y agoUse Cyberduck or Filezilla instead?
- ByteJockey 6y agoFilezilla isn't bad. I just already have a bunch of scripts set up for working with aws.
- beamatronic 6y agoIt sounds like the original YouSendIt product!