Most people's goal could be attained by a shared network drive is the point. "I have three computers at home. I just want them all to have the same folder that

Most people's goal could be attained by a shared network drive is the point. "I have three computers at home. I just want them all to have the same folder that stays in sync no matter which computer I edit a file on." It amounts to about the same difference as the difference between DropBox and syncthing (e.g. they are not close to the same thing either but as far as a certain use case which is that of the vast majority of users...they are the same)