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Right. I'll bite, how is Dropbox not a _real_ solution to a _real_ problem of "I want to share this file with someone else or somewhere else"? Hate to say it bu
by camjw 4y ago
Right. I'll bite, how is Dropbox not a _real_ solution to a _real_ problem of "I want to share this file with someone else or somewhere else"? Hate to say it but I feel like the answer is going to involve "web3 fixes this".
- cowtools 4y agoPeer-to-peer file transfers will always be faster than having an intermediary. Why not use bittorrent or IPFS? P.S. The problem dropbox "fixes" is that there is no decent file transfer protocol that is IP agnostic. Using something like bittorrent's or IPFS' DHT fixes this. Dropbox "fixes" this by making file transfer into a paid service
- Kye 4y agoI'm not going to deliver a commission over BitTorrent or IPFS. That's absurd.
- IanCal 4y ago> Why not use bittorrent or IPFS? The last time I used IPFS it took four hours before I could access the file just using the hash or even the public gateway after pushing it to several major pinning services.
- seized 4y agoI've had files sitting on Google Drive for longer than IPFS has existed. Let's not pretend that IPFS/etc is a solution to relying on services that are far older than it.
- camjw 4y agoOkay, cool, the majority of Dropbox users I know do not use the product because of speed or because of any IP agnosticism. It's a shame all these users are so stupid and don't use IPFS or bittorrent instead, amirite?
- crummy 4y ago> Peer-to-peer file transfers will always be faster than having an intermediary. Why not use bittorrent One reason is that such a scenario relies on one of my computers with bittorrent-dropbox to be online for me to access my files elsewhere. Syncing it in the cloud means they are available reliably.
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