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Remember when this(1) was Dropbox? Remember how beloved it was because it did a thing and did it well, without complicating things or being actively user-hostil
by baggachipz 6y ago
Remember when this(1) was Dropbox? Remember how beloved it was because it did a thing and did it well, without complicating things or being actively user-hostile? Well, of course it's been fully MBA'd at this point, a true shame.
(1) https://i.ibb.co/w6zcwYW/Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-10-49-22-AM.png https://i.ibb.co/w6zcwYW/Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-10-49-22-...
- Zelphyr 6y agoKind-of sounds like Steve Jobs was right in what he told Drew Houston: Dropbox is a feature, not a product. Houston disagreed and they've spent all this time ever since trying to prove Jobs wrong. Meanwhile Apple built iCloud and Microsoft built OneDrive into their operating systems.
- manigandham 6y agoLink to answer: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Dropbox-more-popular-than-other-programs-with-similar-functionality/answer/Michael-Wolfe https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Dropbox-more-popular-than-other... I remember reading this when it was first written. Ironically, Quora was also much simpler and better back then before turning into a spammy bloated mess.
- baggachipz 6y agoThe reason I did a screenshot was because I couldn't reliably link to this answer on Quora. What a dumpster fire that site's become too.
- manigandham 6y agoClick on the timestamp for a direct link to the answer. Most social sites follow this UX pattern.
- baggachipz 6y agoEven when I did that, it wouldn't reliably scroll to the correct location. Not sure if it's because of my ad blocking or what.