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Wow I haven't visited their website in a while I guess, what happened to the fun playful design? This feels aggressively enterprise.

OJFord 4y ago
Well I'd guess not many consumers pay for Dropbox, and every enterprise sale is a much bigger win.
- scarface74 4y ago
  DropBox is squeezed on one side by OneDrive bundled with Office seats and on the other side by Box.
  - bayindirh 4y ago
    Also, for the consumers, Google Drive is much cheaper. If you're on the Mac, 2TB iCloud is also way cheaper, and better integrated.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      Currently I have: - OneDrive because it comes with O365. - iCloud Drive 2TB - integration with iPhones and the family plan - Amazon Photo Storage - free with Prime. - Google Drive - I still don’t pay it for. But when I run out of the free storage. I will just because of the photo search. I use all of them for photo and video backups mostly.
      - bayindirh 4y ago
        I'm in the same boat with you. However, while I'm keeping the subscriptions because they either came with something, or use them to some extent, I'm consolidating to Dropbox and Google drive. Why? Because I want to use less clients, and don't want to keep track of my files and let them rot. All of the files in my cloud accounts are backed up to local storage, but Dropbox is used to store a lot of files which were on my personal workstation. The reason is, I'll have a life transition and won't have this desktop machine anymore. Hence I need these files anywhere and everywhere. Having a lot of cloud storage is nice, but mentally keeping tack of files is not. As a side effect, I can ruthlessly delete files and remove cruft.
    - skinnymuch 4y ago
      How do you manage files properly with iCloud? What is on the system. What isn’t. Stuff randomly not being on the system. Barely any if at all progress or status indicators.
      - scarface74 4y ago
        I don’t use a personal computer for anything outside of work. I’m only accessing my personal files either on my iPad or iPhone. I have a cellular iPad.
      - bayindirh 4y ago
        I don't most of the time. The files in my iCloud files are small documents, and I always have a network connection near me (at least I have my hotspot with me). Hence, I had no problems reaching any file I need so far. I can parse the state of the files inside a directory pretty quickly with the inline icons, too. However, I understand your woes. iCloud doesn't work as straightforward as other cloud providers, and makes its own decisions. On the other hand, I agreed with its choices so far.
- marcinzm 4y ago
  They charge as much for business per user as Google does for its highest tier workspace product. They charge more than Microsoft charges for Office 365 (granted that only has 1TB per user rather than 5TB but I doubt many people hit close to that).
- omnimus 4y ago
  I know many freelancers in creative industries and they would never pay for google workplacw or office. They dont even know how much gdrive or onedrive cost. Yet they all have the 2TB dropbox tier because thats what you get. Thats what everybody gets. And since its the backup of their professional lives they will probably use dropbox forever.
hashmymustache 4y ago
I just don’t understand why they don’t have a lower cost tier less than 2Tb.
- paxys 4y ago
  I don't get it either. iCloud does 50GB for $1 and 200GB for $3. OneDrive does 100GB for $2 and 1TB for $7 (which includes Office). Google does 100GB for $2 and 200GB for $3. The cheapest Dropbox subscription is meanwhile $12 and overkill for most casual users. Maybe it isn't worth it for them to charge lower amounts on a credit card?
- bayindirh 4y ago
  Because it creates lock-in. I have a 3.7GB folder shared with me, and I can either use the free tier or 2TB tier. Nothing in between.
- CitrusFruits 4y ago
  I worked at Dropbox briefly, and I asked this too. The answer was basically that they tried it (multiple times IIRC) and every time it ended up being a net negative on their ARR since it siphoned enough of the user base away from their other options. I think, also, the sort of user that uses less than 2TB isn't their "core" customer profile (think photographers, videographers, artists, and musicians). I was bummed, but for a publicly traded company its a little hard to argue with the logic.
LeoPanthera 4y ago
Dropbox lost interest in non-enterprise customers quite some time ago. It kind of makes sense too, since "normal users" are going to use the cloud functionality built into their OS, whether that's OneDrive, Google Drive, or iCloud Drive.

OJFord 4y ago

Well I'd guess not many consumers pay for Dropbox, and every enterprise sale is a much bigger win.

scarface74 4y ago
DropBox is squeezed on one side by OneDrive bundled with Office seats and on the other side by Box.
- bayindirh 4y ago
  Also, for the consumers, Google Drive is much cheaper. If you're on the Mac, 2TB iCloud is also way cheaper, and better integrated.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Currently I have: - OneDrive because it comes with O365. - iCloud Drive 2TB - integration with iPhones and the family plan - Amazon Photo Storage - free with Prime. - Google Drive - I still don’t pay it for. But when I run out of the free storage. I will just because of the photo search. I use all of them for photo and video backups mostly.
    - bayindirh 4y ago
      I'm in the same boat with you. However, while I'm keeping the subscriptions because they either came with something, or use them to some extent, I'm consolidating to Dropbox and Google drive. Why? Because I want to use less clients, and don't want to keep track of my files and let them rot. All of the files in my cloud accounts are backed up to local storage, but Dropbox is used to store a lot of files which were on my personal workstation. The reason is, I'll have a life transition and won't have this desktop machine anymore. Hence I need these files anywhere and everywhere. Having a lot of cloud storage is nice, but mentally keeping tack of files is not. As a side effect, I can ruthlessly delete files and remove cruft.
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    How do you manage files properly with iCloud? What is on the system. What isn’t. Stuff randomly not being on the system. Barely any if at all progress or status indicators.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      I don’t use a personal computer for anything outside of work. I’m only accessing my personal files either on my iPad or iPhone. I have a cellular iPad.
    - bayindirh 4y ago
      I don't most of the time. The files in my iCloud files are small documents, and I always have a network connection near me (at least I have my hotspot with me). Hence, I had no problems reaching any file I need so far. I can parse the state of the files inside a directory pretty quickly with the inline icons, too. However, I understand your woes. iCloud doesn't work as straightforward as other cloud providers, and makes its own decisions. On the other hand, I agreed with its choices so far.
marcinzm 4y ago
They charge as much for business per user as Google does for its highest tier workspace product. They charge more than Microsoft charges for Office 365 (granted that only has 1TB per user rather than 5TB but I doubt many people hit close to that).
omnimus 4y ago
I know many freelancers in creative industries and they would never pay for google workplacw or office. They dont even know how much gdrive or onedrive cost. Yet they all have the 2TB dropbox tier because thats what you get. Thats what everybody gets. And since its the backup of their professional lives they will probably use dropbox forever.

hashmymustache 4y ago

I just don’t understand why they don’t have a lower cost tier less than 2Tb.

paxys 4y ago
I don't get it either. iCloud does 50GB for $1 and 200GB for $3. OneDrive does 100GB for $2 and 1TB for $7 (which includes Office). Google does 100GB for $2 and 200GB for $3. The cheapest Dropbox subscription is meanwhile $12 and overkill for most casual users. Maybe it isn't worth it for them to charge lower amounts on a credit card?
bayindirh 4y ago
Because it creates lock-in. I have a 3.7GB folder shared with me, and I can either use the free tier or 2TB tier. Nothing in between.
CitrusFruits 4y ago
I worked at Dropbox briefly, and I asked this too. The answer was basically that they tried it (multiple times IIRC) and every time it ended up being a net negative on their ARR since it siphoned enough of the user base away from their other options. I think, also, the sort of user that uses less than 2TB isn't their "core" customer profile (think photographers, videographers, artists, and musicians). I was bummed, but for a publicly traded company its a little hard to argue with the logic.

LeoPanthera 4y ago

Dropbox lost interest in non-enterprise customers quite some time ago. It kind of makes sense too, since "normal users" are going to use the cloud functionality built into their OS, whether that's OneDrive, Google Drive, or iCloud Drive.