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I 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 per

by jb1991 5y ago

I 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 ago
Seems 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 ago
  And an even bigger leap through those macOS users being specifically on Apple Silicon.
  - jb1991 5y ago
    It’s not a leap. The Mac is a major platform, and Apple silicon is soon to be the only Mac platform. All the other cloud storage providers in this service space are offering support for Apple silicon. Now is it as significant as windows users? I’m sure it is not. But it seems silly that a major tech company would just dismiss it altogether.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
      > The Mac is a major platform, and Apple silicon is soon to be the only Mac platform Macs are ~15% of the market, and Apple silicon is a subgroup of that which will gradually increase until it makes up virtually the whole group over a timespan of several years (basically, how long do people keep machines running). It will never be the only mac platform unless you mean supported platform, which will still take quite a few years. So no: Macs, and Macs on Apple silicon, are a part of the market, but they're a fraction and a fraction of a fraction.
    - capableweb 5y ago
      > The Mac is a major platform In some places. In others no. Depends on the industry really, and country. > But it seems silly that a major tech company would just dismiss it altogether We don't know how Dropbox's userbase looks like. If most of their profits come from large enterprises on Windows, then they will focus on those users mostly, since Dropbox is a company and companies always (most of the time) just follow the money.
    - saurik 5y ago
      Note that you have now shifted the goal post to the future tense :/. The reality is that Apple Silicon only started shipping only in a subset of Apple laptops... they currently--which is all that matters, as in the future Dropbox isn't somehow prevented from compiling their software to be "native" Apple Silicon if that somehow actually matters in an important way--aren't a big chunk of anything, including macOS users.
      - kube-system 5y ago
        > The reality is that Apple Silicon only started shipping only in a subset of Apple laptops... Well, more than that. They recently discontinued intel MacBooks, entirely.

by jb1991 5y ago

capableweb 5y ago

Seems 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 ago
And an even bigger leap through those macOS users being specifically on Apple Silicon.
- jb1991 5y ago
  It’s not a leap. The Mac is a major platform, and Apple silicon is soon to be the only Mac platform. All the other cloud storage providers in this service space are offering support for Apple silicon. Now is it as significant as windows users? I’m sure it is not. But it seems silly that a major tech company would just dismiss it altogether.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
    > The Mac is a major platform, and Apple silicon is soon to be the only Mac platform Macs are ~15% of the market, and Apple silicon is a subgroup of that which will gradually increase until it makes up virtually the whole group over a timespan of several years (basically, how long do people keep machines running). It will never be the only mac platform unless you mean supported platform, which will still take quite a few years. So no: Macs, and Macs on Apple silicon, are a part of the market, but they're a fraction and a fraction of a fraction.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    > The Mac is a major platform In some places. In others no. Depends on the industry really, and country. > But it seems silly that a major tech company would just dismiss it altogether We don't know how Dropbox's userbase looks like. If most of their profits come from large enterprises on Windows, then they will focus on those users mostly, since Dropbox is a company and companies always (most of the time) just follow the money.
  - saurik 5y ago
    Note that you have now shifted the goal post to the future tense :/. The reality is that Apple Silicon only started shipping only in a subset of Apple laptops... they currently--which is all that matters, as in the future Dropbox isn't somehow prevented from compiling their software to be "native" Apple Silicon if that somehow actually matters in an important way--aren't a big chunk of anything, including macOS users.
    - kube-system 5y ago
      > The reality is that Apple Silicon only started shipping only in a subset of Apple laptops... Well, more than that. They recently discontinued intel MacBooks, entirely.