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Who cares? 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 the
by xd1936 5y ago
Who cares? 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.
- capableweb 5y agoFor people who might miss that this is basically a HN copy-pasta at this point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 - April 5, 2007 In general, not sure if we should keep posting this about every Dropbox mention. Comments like this is hardly intellectually stimulating and might fit better at Reddit rather than HN.
- simonebrunozzi 5y agoI agree. It was funny once or twice, but at this point I'd rather not see comments like the parent comment on hacker news.
- mft_ 5y ago‘In jokes’ or ‘running jokes’ can be quite valuable as part of a shared culture, for a sense of belonging. I smiled.
- rajin444 5y agoI think it’s a good example for people who haven’t seen it before.
- krisrm 5y agoAgreed, I hadn't seen anything on this subject before and wasn't aware it was a copypasta response. I get that hn doesn't want to turn into the cesspool of inside jokes that reddit has become, but a quick jab like this here and there never hurts, imo
- politelemon 5y ago> intellectually stimulating This 'news' isn't either, yet it keeps getting posted without moderation. I think it's better left in the Dropbox forums.
- brianwawok 5y agoRight. Enterprise software doesn't support feature X. User requests feature X, gets told no. User posts to a news site, to try and get more votes for feature X.
- zorked 5y agoThat the GP post wasn't anihilated with downvotes is a great example of the continued memefication/ redditfication of HN. And this is a sad trend.
- smoldesu 5y agoI think it's a great reminder that 99% of these startups are really just scaled versions of free technology you already have. Maybe it's a little grating to hear if you're a Dropbox founder, but FTP is natively supported on Apple Silicon while Dropbox is not...
- aluminum96 5y ago> these startups are really just scaled versions of free technology you already have Dropbox clearly has a lot more going for it than "it's managed FTP!"
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- 0des 5y agoHe's never going to live past this moment is he
- klik99 5y agoI would hate for this to be my legacy. Part of it's enduring quality is how we can all relate to being so retrospectively wrong like this (I know I can! A/B tests are a constant reminder). I think bringing it up now and then is a gentle reminder to keep a positive community :)
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- xeromal 5y agoSuch a classic response hahaha
- BuildTheRobots 5y agoThis is a ridiculously simplistic view of things, to the point where it's not really worth any merit. Mounting (s)ftp(s) and using it as a local folder does some things, but fails at the basics. Eg, if I upload a 50gb file (and actually manage to get it to upload all the way without crashing), how can I checksum verify what I uploaded without it costing me 50gb in downloading and time? There's plenty more edgecases, but suffice to say, there's a reason why tools like rclone & rsync exist - copy and paste does not cut it for a lot of uses, especially when mixing large files, remote servers and (even good) internet connections.
- danuker 5y agoWhile you missed the joke, rclone and rsync are nice.
- BuildTheRobots 5y agoI totally missed the sarcasm - sorry, I'm far more used to it on other platforms than here. I also spent a few days fighting with <cloud storage provider> uploads from our NAS recently, so I'm a little bitter ;)
- vmception 5y agobravo, we should start a similar copypasta with Android users since many talk like that too, except it ends with their phone exploding when they try it
- steviedotboston 5y agoThis reminds me of an old episode of The Screen Savers where RMS was interviewed. This was when BitKeeper was very popular, but not yet open source, and Git did not exist. RMS was questioned about this and his immediate response was "just use UUCP" Stupid, out of touch, unrealistic.
- jb1991 5y agoThis is ridiculous. The features and interface dropbox offers are so far beyond the “solution” outlined here. And it is relevant that this stuff doesn’t work natively on Apple‘s new silicon. Because it kills the battery if it has to go through the Rosetta translation layer. The point here is that you have a public tech company that has one job, which is to support consumer cloud storage, and a big chunk of that consumer base is running on apple silicon, and their response is acting like they have no reasonable priority or responsibility to port to Apple silicon, despite that it has been out for one year and the interim solution is just that: a temporary, interim Rosetta translation.
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- capableweb 5y ago> a big chunk of that consumer base is running on apple silicon Here I was thinking that most Dropbox customers (at least the ones that pay big money) were on Windows, but maybe I'm wrong. Since you seem to have insights into Dropbox's userbase, could you share the raw numbers you're sitting on? Percentage wise of course.
- jb1991 5y agoI don’t know what the numbers are, but most Mac users I personally know are using the service. Although I suspect that’s going to change, at least in my own personal case, if they don’t get this resolved.
- capableweb 5y agoSeems to be a huge leap to go from "Most people I know use Dropbox" to "Big chunk of their customer base is macOS", when you have zero insight into Dropbox.
- saurik 5y agoAnd an even bigger leap through those macOS users being specifically on Apple Silicon.