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I wish Dropbox was actually competitive. It is $20 more per year than Google, much slower speeds and caps, 2GB size limit, etc. The only people picking Dropbox

I wish Dropbox was actually competitive. It is $20 more per year than Google, much slower speeds and caps, 2GB size limit, etc. The only people picking Dropbox are those that are naive or are connected to the brand.

rad_gruchalski 5y ago
Considering how easy it is to get banned on Google, I am not surprised.
mattl 5y ago
Google Drive doesn’t have a client for Linux and not everyone wants to use Google products.
melony 5y ago
$20 is a negligible cost for not putting all your eggs in one basket.
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  That is there most basic personal plan. The costs savings are substantial with Google once you evaluate business plans compared to GSuite. Dropbox just doesn't compete and they are a dying product because of it. HN doesn't like to hear it, but it is the truth.
GSGBen 5y ago
I tried out Google Drive on Windows years ago when I was already using Dropbox, but its performance was terrible. It might be better now. To fix sync I had to reinstall and resync, I couldn't just point it at an existing folder with the files I had. I've used various incarnations of onedrive and it also doesn't hold up to Dropbox's performance. My main use case is all my audio recordings from my DAW - each take generates a small .wav and .reapeaks file. I use this as my live working folder - I read and write into my Dropbox folder while it's syncing. These add up (more count- than total-size- wise). I currently have 378k files, 23k folders, 754 GB and Dropbox is the only client that hasn't skipped a beat with it (even before they rewrote it in rust - it used to be python???? insane). It runs well on a 10-year-old CPU and even ran well before I moved it to an SSD. It's not perfect - onedrive keeps infinite document history, Dropbox a max of a year - but for anyone looking for sync performance I'd suggest looking at Dropbox first.
- timc3 5y ago
  I do the same but with Google Drive and it’s been working fine. I don’t sync nearly as much content as you though.
- mourner 5y ago
  Hello from a fellow musician! I have a very similar setup, but using Studio One DAW which allows seamlessly converting any recorded WAV files in the project to FLAC — wondering if Reaper could do the same. Reduces the amount to sync by 2-3 times, which is very significant.

rad_gruchalski 5y ago

Considering how easy it is to get banned on Google, I am not surprised.

mattl 5y ago

Google Drive doesn’t have a client for Linux and not everyone wants to use Google products.

melony 5y ago

$20 is a negligible cost for not putting all your eggs in one basket.

encryptluks2 5y ago
That is there most basic personal plan. The costs savings are substantial with Google once you evaluate business plans compared to GSuite. Dropbox just doesn't compete and they are a dying product because of it. HN doesn't like to hear it, but it is the truth.

GSGBen 5y ago

I tried out Google Drive on Windows years ago when I was already using Dropbox, but its performance was terrible. It might be better now. To fix sync I had to reinstall and resync, I couldn't just point it at an existing folder with the files I had. I've used various incarnations of onedrive and it also doesn't hold up to Dropbox's performance. My main use case is all my audio recordings from my DAW - each take generates a small .wav and .reapeaks file. I use this as my live working folder - I read and write into my Dropbox folder while it's syncing. These add up (more count- than total-size- wise). I currently have 378k files, 23k folders, 754 GB and Dropbox is the only client that hasn't skipped a beat with it (even before they rewrote it in rust - it used to be python???? insane). It runs well on a 10-year-old CPU and even ran well before I moved it to an SSD. It's not perfect - onedrive keeps infinite document history, Dropbox a max of a year - but for anyone looking for sync performance I'd suggest looking at Dropbox first.

timc3 5y ago
I do the same but with Google Drive and it’s been working fine. I don’t sync nearly as much content as you though.
mourner 5y ago
Hello from a fellow musician! I have a very similar setup, but using Studio One DAW which allows seamlessly converting any recorded WAV files in the project to FLAC — wondering if Reaper could do the same. Reduces the amount to sync by 2-3 times, which is very significant.