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Do people still use Dropbox? I feel like I almost never hear recommendations for it. I personally abandoned Dropbox when they introduced a limit on the amount

by Hamuko 4y ago

Do people still use Dropbox? I feel like I almost never hear recommendations for it. I personally abandoned Dropbox when they introduced a limit on the amount of devices you could use for free plans, and the cheapest plan was like 120€/year for 2 TB.

tikkabhuna 4y ago
I still like it. Its vendor agnostic. I find the scanning documents ability works well on iOS. Not really sure what else I could be using to be honest.
ycombinete 4y ago
I haven’t found a better option for file sync (especially not delta sync)
zimpenfish 4y ago
> Do people still use Dropbox? Yep but it's mostly because I have many things which integrate with it -- loads of IFTTT recipes, apps, and sites that automatically sync things for you. If iCloud had a public API that people could integrate with the same way, I'd probably drop Dropbox at some point.
- EduardoBautista 4y ago
  iCloud does have a public API: https://developer.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/ https://developer.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/.
  - zimpenfish 4y ago
    I don't think iOS / macOS SDKs count as a "public API". I mean, obviously, a HTTP API that anyone can auth against and perform file operations against - like the Dropbox API.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  I only use Dropbox because Brother Webconnect does not support iCloud Drive. https://www.brother-usa.com/brother-web-connect https://www.brother-usa.com/brother-web-connect Very convenient that Brother MFC machines can automatically upload OCR’d scans to your Dropbox/onedrive/box/google drive account, but I would like to only use iCloud Drive. Wonder if Apple is dropping the ball on that functionality though.
  - zimpenfish 4y ago
    > Wonder if Apple is dropping the ball on that functionality though. They definitely are but I can understand why they don't want to be bothered supporting something like that. Plus I think the time to be starting that was about a decade ago...
haunter 4y ago
Indeed the price is my problem. I like the functionality of Dropbox but I don’t need 2TB and I won’t pay 12€ for that. I wish they have lower tiers. iDrive is the only alternative I found that more or less works the same. Maybe Google Drive too but I try to avoid them (maybe if there was an option bundled with Youtube Premium...) When I tried MS OneDrive messed up the file dates, Amazon CloudDrive did the same (and also got shutdown since). And Apple iCloud is just too barebones and not really meant for sharing if someone is not using a Mac.
michael9k 4y ago
Maybe I just have a different view of pricing, but I find €120 a year for 2TB with unlimited versions, ability to share files of any size, rock solid syncing on all my devices etc to be extremely cheap!
- ketzu 4y ago
  Oh they increased to 2TB? (Seems it was around 2019... wow I am not up to date! https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan-to-2tb-for-12-per-month-adds-rewind-smart-sync/ https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan... ) Back when I decided which cloud storage to use, all the big ones were at 1TB and dorpbox was the most expensive with the least features, while microsofts offer included office 365 for nearly half the price. Right now it seems: MS 6$/mo for 1TB + Office (https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compare-onedrive-plans?activetab=tab%3Aprimaryr1&market=af https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compa...) Dropbox 10$/mo for 2TB (https://www.dropbox.com/plans https://www.dropbox.com/plans) Google 12$/mo for 2TB+some smaller things like calls (https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=driveforwork&utm_medium=et&utm_content=seemoreplans&utm_campaign=pricing&hl=en https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=drivefo...) There obviously are smaller companies offering storage too, which seems to be around 4~5$/(mo and TB), eg https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?period=year https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?peri... https://icedrive.net/plans https://icedrive.net/plans https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ Overall I'd say its not a terrible offer after the increase to 2TB, but on the expensive side compared to competitors.
  - vvillena 4y ago
    The main advantage for Dropbox is that file sync works flawlessly. I've had issues with Onedrive and Google Drive in the past. Maybe they fixed those, but I can't trust them anymore.
    - rmm 4y ago
      I know right. I tried to move to OneDrive and within a few hours had multiple “conflicted versions” or whatever.
accrual 4y ago
I use it to backup game saves from a Docker container. The binary is installed on the server but otherwise I just use the web interface to check on things. It's pretty neat, but that's all I use it for these days. Still have my original 2GB account from when Dropbox was new.
peterbraden 4y ago
I'd love to be able to get rid of it completely, but I don't know of a good solution for syncing files to an iOS device from a linux machine. Recommendations very welcome!

by Hamuko 4y ago

tikkabhuna 4y ago

I still like it. Its vendor agnostic. I find the scanning documents ability works well on iOS. Not really sure what else I could be using to be honest.

ycombinete 4y ago

I haven’t found a better option for file sync (especially not delta sync)

zimpenfish 4y ago

> Do people still use Dropbox? Yep but it's mostly because I have many things which integrate with it -- loads of IFTTT recipes, apps, and sites that automatically sync things for you. If iCloud had a public API that people could integrate with the same way, I'd probably drop Dropbox at some point.

EduardoBautista 4y ago
iCloud does have a public API: https://developer.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/ https://developer.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  I don't think iOS / macOS SDKs count as a "public API". I mean, obviously, a HTTP API that anyone can auth against and perform file operations against - like the Dropbox API.
lotsofpulp 4y ago
I only use Dropbox because Brother Webconnect does not support iCloud Drive. https://www.brother-usa.com/brother-web-connect https://www.brother-usa.com/brother-web-connect Very convenient that Brother MFC machines can automatically upload OCR’d scans to your Dropbox/onedrive/box/google drive account, but I would like to only use iCloud Drive. Wonder if Apple is dropping the ball on that functionality though.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  > Wonder if Apple is dropping the ball on that functionality though. They definitely are but I can understand why they don't want to be bothered supporting something like that. Plus I think the time to be starting that was about a decade ago...

haunter 4y ago

Indeed the price is my problem. I like the functionality of Dropbox but I don’t need 2TB and I won’t pay 12€ for that. I wish they have lower tiers. iDrive is the only alternative I found that more or less works the same. Maybe Google Drive too but I try to avoid them (maybe if there was an option bundled with Youtube Premium...) When I tried MS OneDrive messed up the file dates, Amazon CloudDrive did the same (and also got shutdown since). And Apple iCloud is just too barebones and not really meant for sharing if someone is not using a Mac.

michael9k 4y ago

Maybe I just have a different view of pricing, but I find €120 a year for 2TB with unlimited versions, ability to share files of any size, rock solid syncing on all my devices etc to be extremely cheap!

ketzu 4y ago
Oh they increased to 2TB? (Seems it was around 2019... wow I am not up to date! https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan-to-2tb-for-12-per-month-adds-rewind-smart-sync/ https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan... ) Back when I decided which cloud storage to use, all the big ones were at 1TB and dorpbox was the most expensive with the least features, while microsofts offer included office 365 for nearly half the price. Right now it seems: MS 6$/mo for 1TB + Office (https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compare-onedrive-plans?activetab=tab%3Aprimaryr1&market=af https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compa...) Dropbox 10$/mo for 2TB (https://www.dropbox.com/plans https://www.dropbox.com/plans) Google 12$/mo for 2TB+some smaller things like calls (https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=driveforwork&utm_medium=et&utm_content=seemoreplans&utm_campaign=pricing&hl=en https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=drivefo...) There obviously are smaller companies offering storage too, which seems to be around 4~5$/(mo and TB), eg https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?period=year https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?peri... https://icedrive.net/plans https://icedrive.net/plans https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ Overall I'd say its not a terrible offer after the increase to 2TB, but on the expensive side compared to competitors.
- vvillena 4y ago
  The main advantage for Dropbox is that file sync works flawlessly. I've had issues with Onedrive and Google Drive in the past. Maybe they fixed those, but I can't trust them anymore.
  - rmm 4y ago
    I know right. I tried to move to OneDrive and within a few hours had multiple “conflicted versions” or whatever.

accrual 4y ago

I use it to backup game saves from a Docker container. The binary is installed on the server but otherwise I just use the web interface to check on things. It's pretty neat, but that's all I use it for these days. Still have my original 2GB account from when Dropbox was new.

peterbraden 4y ago

I'd love to be able to get rid of it completely, but I don't know of a good solution for syncing files to an iOS device from a linux machine. Recommendations very welcome!