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Dropbox is the first and only sync / storage solution of its kind that ACTUALLY WORKS. Tremendous job, and I love using Dropbox every day.
by rantfoil 18y ago
Dropbox is the first and only sync / storage solution of its kind that ACTUALLY WORKS. Tremendous job, and I love using Dropbox every day.
- crescendo 18y agoSame here. Dropbox is the best YC-backed product to date, IMO.
- fallentimes 18y agoAhem, TicketStumbler. Just kidding, I'm in love with their service and am a very happy user. They're backed by Sequoia and some other BSDs. How the hell do you make something boring like file storage viral and cool? I don't know but Dropbox just did it.
- AndyKelley 18y agoHow is it viral?
- fallentimes 18y agoNot only have I enjoyed it so much I've told countless friends about dropbox, it also auto invites your friends to join when you share a file with them. That's in part why they already had over 100,000 beta testers before even launching.
- vlad 18y agoAnd rejected from YC the first time, if I remember correctly.
- avibryant 18y agoAgreed. It's the second one (after reddit) I will actually use, and the first I would pay for - anyone know what pricing will be for going beyond 2GB?
- avibryant 18y agoAnswering my own question: $10/mo for 50GB. Not bad.
- thorax 18y agoI love Dropbox, but I've also used Foldershare across all my PCs (and friend's PCs) for years now and it's been great. I prefer Dropbox now (it's superior), but I never felt like this wasn't something I didn't have access to beforehand.
- staunch 18y agoYour comment really reminds me of this: "...What you want to be able to say about technology is: it just works. How often do you say that now?" -- http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas.html A damn good sign for Dropbox methinks.
- netcan 18y agoWhat makes something a winner is often very small. What makes that essay a winner is this: You can't just say "Err" to the user of a stove.
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- jodrellblank 18y agoWhat do you mean "of its kind"? Windows Offline Files and briefcases actually work. Volume Shadow Copy actually works. WebFolders actually work. They're just not as well connected or cross platform.
- rantfoil 18y agoRsync works too. But I'm not going to ask my Dad to install it.
- jkent 18y agoI've been using Syncplicity, which offers similar functionality, and that works too. Clearly, their PR isn't as good - it's been launched for some time.