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I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it loc
by toxik 5y ago
I have a few qualms with this app:
1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.
2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue.
3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
- renewiltord 5y agoConsidering the history of the Dropbox YC announcement on HN, surely you must be joking with #1. It is possibly the most famous HN incident of all time.
- toxik 5y agoIt's a word-for-word copy of that glorious comment.
- renewiltord 5y agoHuh, I misremembered that one as being more complex for some reason. Now I look like an idiot HAHA
- scns 5y ago> Now I look like an idiot HAHA I respectfully disagree. You got trolled and you can laugh about it, thats a win in my book.
- gus_massa 5y agoNote that most of the times people quote only the first item that is very technical. The second one is legit. Most of the times I must give a presentation I'm requested to send the file earlier. (And I go with a USB drive just in case.) And the third, ... I think it's still a problem.
- slig 5y agoThis one is pretty cool as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- SrslyJosh 5y agoScore: +2 Funny, +1 Troll
- manigandham 5y agoFor reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
- GekkePrutser 5y agoWell found!
- walteweiss 5y agoYour comment changes the context dramatically! Very well done, sir!
- Macha 5y agoUltimately the comment was somewhat correct though. Dropbox's core product is a feature. It misidentified the competition as tech-savvy users, but ultimately it turned out to be MS/Apple/Google. And consequently when those competitors added that feature, Dropbox's growth has stalled and they've been flailing around to find a USP since. It was enough to get a decade of VC money and even start breaking even in 2020, but it's a far more tumultuous journey than their initial user uptake would have indicated.
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- sushid 5y ago> It misidentified the competition as tech-savvy users, but ultimately it turned out to be MS/Apple/Google. How is this "somewhat" correct? The competition turned out to be trillion dollar companies implementing the exact same thing, not linux sysadmins.
- TroisM 5y ago> Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations I used to do that, but not anymore... why not use an E2E encrypted Element/Matrix channel instead?
- vertis 5y agoThis is just a rip-off of Google Drive. No-one creates anything original any more. :troll:
- rockbruno 5y agoThe point where they say that you can build it trivially and then proceed to list a bunch of obviously not trivial steps always gets me. It really captures that senior engineer vibe.