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I was wondering the same thing as Eric when he asked about "everything is already on the cloud". Not sure if I'm really convinced that Dropbox can thrive in a p

• 6ren 15y ago
  Taking "everything" literally, most of us still have stuff on our harddrives, even among the earliest of adopters, let alone the mainstream (where the actual money is). The post-filesystem world will occur with or without dropbox - but someone will lead it and make a bunch of money, and dropbox is well-positioned to be that leader. After the post-filesystem world has fully arrived (which will take a few years), it will settle down and become commoditized, and dropbox (or whoever led) will only be making residual profits - but there's nothing stopping them and partners from adding features and benefits, and innovating atop the platform (e.g. the developers mentioned in this article).