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Dropbox would really not be a good fit for Apple anyways. I can't see Apple allowing them to continue offering their current product, considering that (a) Apple

Dropbox would really not be a good fit for Apple anyways. I can't see Apple allowing them to continue offering their current product, considering that (a) Apple likes to brand things as Apple, (b) they are very focused on cross-platform capability, which includes Apple's primary competitors of Windows, Linux, Android, and BlackBerry, and (c) Apple's vision for iCloud is quite different than what Dropbox offers (though it may not be too different than what Dropbox dreams of). More likely, if Apple had acquired Dropbox it would be to funnel Dropbox's talent off to the iCloud team and let Dropbox itself wither away, in which case it was very wise of Dropbox to refuse.

sunchild 15y ago
On the other hand, Dropbox has been stagnating despite its success. For example: how long will it take for Dropbox to allow read-only sharing on Dropbox volumes? Not to mention their facepalm-worthy security blunders this year.
subbu 15y ago
if Apple had acquired Dropbox it would be to funnel Dropbox's talent off to the iCloud team and let Dropbox itself wither away That would be the most expensive talent acquisition at $800 million.
thought_alarm 15y ago
> if Apple had acquired Dropbox it would be to funnel > Dropbox's talent off to the iCloud team and let > Dropbox itself wither away What talent? If Apple had attempted to purchase Dropbox, it's because Dropbox has become the de facto filesystem for iOS devices, and virtually every iOS application that requires file system support of some kind already supports Dropbox. It should be obvious why that's valuable to Apple. They have an iCloud-like service that is very simple to use and is already supported by virtually all iOS developers. Slam dunk.
- ethank 15y ago
  Have you looked at the iCloud API docs? It's a very different beast indeed than Dropbox.

sunchild 15y ago

On the other hand, Dropbox has been stagnating despite its success. For example: how long will it take for Dropbox to allow read-only sharing on Dropbox volumes? Not to mention their facepalm-worthy security blunders this year.

subbu 15y ago

if Apple had acquired Dropbox it would be to funnel Dropbox's talent off to the iCloud team and let Dropbox itself wither away That would be the most expensive talent acquisition at $800 million.

thought_alarm 15y ago

> if Apple had acquired Dropbox it would be to funnel > Dropbox's talent off to the iCloud team and let > Dropbox itself wither away What talent? If Apple had attempted to purchase Dropbox, it's because Dropbox has become the de facto filesystem for iOS devices, and virtually every iOS application that requires file system support of some kind already supports Dropbox. It should be obvious why that's valuable to Apple. They have an iCloud-like service that is very simple to use and is already supported by virtually all iOS developers. Slam dunk.

ethank 15y ago
Have you looked at the iCloud API docs? It's a very different beast indeed than Dropbox.