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> I would like to add that one of the reasons I’m a paying subscriber of Dropbox is because it’s independent of all the major other providers. If I remember co
by coherentpony 6y ago
> I would like to add that one of the reasons I’m a paying subscriber of Dropbox is because it’s independent of all the major other providers.
If I remember correctly, it's using Amazon in the backend. So how exactly is it that it is independent of all the other major providers?
- sushid 6y agoIt’s not.
- babesh 6y agoWrong. European data center due to GDPR. Ever wonder who the cloud provider of that is? https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450280565/Dropbox-gears-up-for-new-EU-data-protection-rules https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450280565/Dropbox-gears-... Others are its own.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoIn terms of relationship. So that e.g. if you comment with too many emojis on a YouTube lifestream, you only lose access to your e-mails, but not your files.
- acrefoot 6y agoThat strong dependence changed with Magic Pocket: https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-amazon-cloud-empire/ https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-ama...