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>2. This doesn't seem like a winnable race by selling more storage capacity. 98% of dropbox users don't use the free 2GB. This is exactly the difference betwe
by bhousel 15y ago
>2. This doesn't seem like a winnable race by selling more storage capacity. 98% of dropbox users don't use the free 2GB.
This is exactly the difference between Dropbox and SpaceMonkey. a few GB vs 1TB. People use Dropbox only for syncing a few files because the space is so limited. Dropbox is essentially a replacement for your USB flash drive. SpaceMonkey is positioning themselves as a replacement for your media server.
So I don't think you can't dismiss the storage space point by saying that "98% of Dropbox users don't use all the space". Because people would use Dropbox for other things if you could store your entire digital library in there.
Personally I'd love to replace my external TB hard drive that holds all my music, photos, videos, etc. with a magic box that keeps it all backed up securely in the cloud.
- ezl 15y agoI don't disagree. I've been waiting for Bitcasa, which I intend to use as my media drive, but its not competing for Dropbox dollars for me. I guess maybe i'm just saying "Distributed large data storage is not a dropbox competitor" (the article and other instances I've heard of position these services as Dropbox competitors)