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yup, or as much as G+ is a threat to Facebook. It's all about the network effect. In my professional circle, everyone is using Dropbox. Dropbox is doing a grea

yup, or as much as G+ is a threat to Facebook. It's all about the network effect. In my professional circle, everyone is using Dropbox. Dropbox is doing a great job. There's little incentive to move.

mey 14y ago
There is traction to changing away from Facebook. How social/networked is your dropbox experience?
- ImprovedSilence 14y ago
  Very. I have a shared folder with a few classmates for class projects. I have a shared folder for crazy videos/media/Top Gear episodes my friends post from all over (not everybody wants to upload thier vids to youtube for the whole world). I've got a shared folder among friends sharing music (piss off RIAA) Anytime somebody needs a file from me, I give them the DB link. You can run scrips and host websites from DB. I think just the potential to do awesome things, and the simplicity of how it just stays out of your way, means it will hold customers a lot better.
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- bunnyhero 14y ago
  I rely on Dropbox shared folders for exchanging files with some clients. I also use the Dropbox integration of a few essential iOS apps quite regularly. For me, switching would mean having my clients install Skydrive, as well updates to those iOS apps for Skydrive support.
  - taude 14y ago
    Everyone here is talking as if it's a all/nothing game. I'm using both DropBox (to continue to share with existing people) and SkyDrive for my larger, private stuff. I was able to move several gigs off of DropBox (with no effects with current people I share with) and then downgraded my account. A 2 Gig should be enough for me to share with the people I already share with, and I moved several gigs to MSFT. Personally, I think DropBox should have had a smaller, paid plan than the $10/50 gigs. I only needed about 5 -7 total. Problem solved for now, though. Edit: I should add that my gigs of stuff I uploaded to SkyDrive today took a fraction of the time that my DropBox uploads take (not entirely sure why, but I've always felt DB throttles large files when uploading).

yup, or as much as G+ is a threat to Facebook. It's all about the network effect. In my professional circle, everyone is using Dropbox. Dropbox is doing a great job. There's little incentive to move.

mey 14y ago

There is traction to changing away from Facebook. How social/networked is your dropbox experience?

ImprovedSilence 14y ago
Very. I have a shared folder with a few classmates for class projects. I have a shared folder for crazy videos/media/Top Gear episodes my friends post from all over (not everybody wants to upload thier vids to youtube for the whole world). I've got a shared folder among friends sharing music (piss off RIAA) Anytime somebody needs a file from me, I give them the DB link. You can run scrips and host websites from DB. I think just the potential to do awesome things, and the simplicity of how it just stays out of your way, means it will hold customers a lot better.
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bunnyhero 14y ago
I rely on Dropbox shared folders for exchanging files with some clients. I also use the Dropbox integration of a few essential iOS apps quite regularly. For me, switching would mean having my clients install Skydrive, as well updates to those iOS apps for Skydrive support.
- taude 14y ago
  Everyone here is talking as if it's a all/nothing game. I'm using both DropBox (to continue to share with existing people) and SkyDrive for my larger, private stuff. I was able to move several gigs off of DropBox (with no effects with current people I share with) and then downgraded my account. A 2 Gig should be enough for me to share with the people I already share with, and I moved several gigs to MSFT. Personally, I think DropBox should have had a smaller, paid plan than the $10/50 gigs. I only needed about 5 -7 total. Problem solved for now, though. Edit: I should add that my gigs of stuff I uploaded to SkyDrive today took a fraction of the time that my DropBox uploads take (not entirely sure why, but I've always felt DB throttles large files when uploading).