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Dropbox Bans BitTorrent Startup Boxopus Over Piracy Concerns
- Kenan 14y agoAlso: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4164347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4164347
- relaunched 14y agoI feel terrible for the people who worked on Boxopus, but I find it hard to believe this very outcome wasn't evaluated during basic risk management. There have been no shortage of companies built 100% on someone else's platform and the realities surrounding what happens when your access is turned off.