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Even when it was a nice "do one simple thing" company, that thing was a bit of a square peg. The fact is that the hierarchical file system is a silly way of str
by Ericson2314 6y ago
Even when it was a nice "do one simple thing" company, that thing was a bit of a square peg. The fact is that the hierarchical file system is a silly way of structuring data that doesn't meat people's needs.
I've never understood how Dropbox could be a sustainable business. All the walled gardens have legitimate UX and anti-competative / anti-interopt reasons to get away from files, and the actual core service Dropbox provides is quite commoditized.
- mattgerstman 6y agoYep this is it. We need to provide more than just storage to succeed in the marketplace.
- Ericson2314 6y agoTo be clear, I'm saying your in trouble either way: - Just storage: it's commoditization so you have your own hardware and compete at that level - Other stuff: Now you are alt GSuite. Google needs competition, not know you are fighting and N front war and your old users may not care. Now VC usually tries to avoid competing head-on with FAANG, and the current situation was definitely inevitable, so quite confused why Dropbox got funded in the first place.
- reducesuffering 6y ago> so quite confused why Dropbox got funded in the first place Because they're still worth 8 billion dollars now?