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For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
by manigandham 5y ago
For 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.