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Is this a reprise of the original HN comment on Dropbox? "For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP acco

• jffry 5y ago
  If it was then it could be a closer imitation. Let me try: "For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting a Backblaze B2 account, and scheduling a cron job to backup to it via RClone. From Windows or Mac, this Backblaze account could be access through built-in browser software"
• Kwpolska 5y ago
  Nah. Note they mentioned Google Drive as an alternative. If you compare Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, and iCloud Drive, you’ll quickly find out that Dropbox is the most expensive of the bunch, is the least flexible (their only paid plan is 2000 GB, which is more than most people need) and doesn’t give you any other fetures that aren’t file storage. The free plan of Dropbox also enforces a 3-device limit, and the space is a whopping 2 GB. Dropbox used to be the only game in town, and they had a great no-frills experience. But now, the giants are doing it better, cheaper, while Dropbox is stuck in its old ways and is adding new “features” nobody needs (such as this selling-files thing, and their new resource-hog client). There is no point in using Dropbox these days, other than being too lazy to switch or shop around.