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Will we see a “Drop Amazon” site (and social media campaign) on the lines of “Drop Dropbox” [1] now? Or is Amazon too big and too entrenched that it’s almost a

Will we see a “Drop Amazon” site (and social media campaign) on the lines of “Drop Dropbox” [1] now? Or is Amazon too big and too entrenched that it’s almost a lost cause? [2] [1]: https://www.drop-dropbox.com/ https://www.drop-dropbox.com/ [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/technology/blocking-the-tech-giants.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/technology/blocking-the-t...

ffpip 6y ago
Dropbox's founder said he would add end to end encryption as an option for the privacy geeks. Sadly, more than 13 years later, it still has not been implemented. Looks like it never will be. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8889 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8889
- akerro 6y ago
  I think you can use duplicati for it https://www.duplicati.com/ https://www.duplicati.com/
  - ffpip 6y ago
    Yes. I can also use Cryptomator, Boxcrpytor , 7zip but that's not the point. They should atleast provide an option
- myartsev 6y ago
  Impatiently waiting for ProtonDrive to come out!
dandare 6y ago
I remember this campaign, it influenced me to not buy a paid service from Dropbox. (I know I am just a drop in the sea.)