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In my impression, they are removing useful features and adding unnecessary ones. Since I joined over a decade ago, they have removed an extremely useful Public
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
In my impression, they are removing useful features and adding unnecessary ones.
Since I joined over a decade ago, they have removed an extremely useful Public folder with the capability to generate direct links, limited the number of devices, and added a ton of features I never wanted from them, like Paper.
- baby 5y agoYeah agree, public folders were great. I’m still a user of dropbox since early days but: - I’m stupid and I kept a git repo in there, it became corrupt. Doesn’t surprise me but wondering what else is fragile in dropbox. - Uploading pictures on mobile is really really slow. For some reason google photos on iOS is so much faster, like incomparably faster. - Google photos also allows you to quickly get to all your pictures. Dropbox is… at best cumbersome, at worst really slow at fetching lots of pictures. - make public folders a thing again for paying users. I’m sure this would create an awesome ecosystem of websites.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoI think that they removed public folders because some people started storing static files for their websites in it. As for why google photos are faster... I think it is because Photos resize images on device, while Dropbox uploads them in original size.
- skocznymroczny 5y agoIn the past it was even possible to host static websites from the Public folder
- SilverRed 5y agoThe speed of Google photos is actually breathtaking. The fact that you can instantly lag free scroll through tens of thousands of images and it all just loads instantly is quite impressive imo. The problem with some of the competitors is they do not treat photos as its own thing separate from files. I think google did a great job understanding that photos are not just a folder of files but that they require their own dedicated software.
- kccqzy 5y agoA lot of people had that realization early on. Google had Picasa and Apple had iPhoto, both of which were pretty good photo management software even before the mobile revolution.
- mjcohen 5y agoWe still use Picasa wherever possible.
- yojo 5y agoDropbox had Carousel, a mobile first photos product that was decently well regarded. They killed it, presumably for cost/benefit reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_Carousel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_Carousel
- skinkestek 5y ago> In my impression, they are removing useful features and adding unnecessary ones. Also they took away the extra storage I had gotten from various deals. Saved them 3.8 GB or something, lost them an unpaid sales representative and got them a few posts like this on the internet.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoWell, my extra free storage is with me, currently I have ~14,83 GB.
- planb 5y agoI‘m still at 52gb free Storage. But I just need 2. I’d even pay 2-3 bucks a month to get rid of the device limit. But I won’t pay for a terabyte I don’t need…
- nonbirithm 5y agoMy belief is that they're trying to find a way to remain profitable. VCs expect returns, and with Dropbox's main feature now included by many other services like O365 and Drive, I would think that they're finding themselves forced to make such changes whether or not they want to.