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I kinda wish Dropbox would stick to dropboxing. Always with the product-line creep. No doubt the next offerings will be Dropbox Email and "Dropbox the LLM" (be

I kinda wish Dropbox would stick to dropboxing. Always with the product-line creep. No doubt the next offerings will be Dropbox Email and "Dropbox the LLM" (better than Spaceballs the Flamethrower, I suppose).

rjh29 1y ago
I agree but what are they supposed to do? Cloud sharing is commoditized now and it's easy to move providers. Their only choice was to try to move up the stack, but there is no clear direction. It's video editing, e-signatures/encryption, passwords, AI, document editing... so far I haven't found any of those offerings useful. Their Linux support is however much appreciated.
- emeril 1y ago
  I suppose though to be honest, it seems they are still the best for cloud sharing I think?
  - tayo42 1y ago
    better then google drive?
    - grues-dinner 1y ago
      They have a Linux client, so, yes.
- Groxx 1y ago
  Reduce price. Reduce the abominable resource usage. Allow E2E encryption. Increase performance so it doesn't trickle at tens of kilobytes for hours when I have 100Mbps upload and half a terabyte left. Like. Build a decent product. The lack of any major competition doesn't mean they should stop improving and branch out into costly absurdity, at least try to keep up with Maestral with 100x the headcount.
  - andrewmcwatters 1y ago
    > Like. Build a decent product. Man, wouldn’t it be so cool if tech companies actually were competitive instead of trying to establish parasitic marketshare or dying with no in-between?
  - kelvinjps10 1y ago
    Anyone knows about a good Dropbox alternative? That supports Linux
    - jsk2600 1y ago
      Google Drive with Insync client (paid), I’m using it with no issues for years on Linux.
    - Larrikin 1y ago
      Your own computer/NAS with tailscale for day to day usage of accessing your files from any computer from any other computer. Immich to replace the camera upload feature. Taildrop needs improvement with files over a gig and between other users though.
    - disapptavocado 1y ago
      Not free but https://tresorit.com https://tresorit.com is great. E2E encryption and has a Linux client too.
      - Flimm 1y ago
        The main downside of Tresorit is that it does not support syncing symlinks. It also does not have LAN sync like Dropbox does. Tresorit does have E2E encryption, which is great. Only the enterprise version of Dropbox has E2E encryption.
        antonyh 1y ago
        That is unfortunate for both symlinks and for a lack of LAN sync. Not having the ability to deal with anything I throw at it does add risk that the sync isn't true, but outside of the OS I don't use symlinks. LAN sync would save data transfers over slower links but with E2E is this isn't too surprising that it's centralised.
- bigstrat2003 1y ago
  Well... they could have not enabled a "share your data with us" checkbox without ever asking the user. I have no idea how many customers they lost by playing fast and loose with privacy (I, at least, was one), but it doesn't seem like it could've been worth it.
- slyall 1y ago
  Is cloud sharing really commoditized ? How many other options are they to sync files between my laptop and my phone, especially if my Laptop is running Linux?
  - rjh29 1y ago
    Google Drive, iCloud, One Drive, 100 others. Yes Linux is a special case but mostly irrelevant to them.
geoffpado 1y ago
> Dropbox Email Been there, done that: https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873268/why-dropbox-mailbox-shutdown https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873268/why-dropbox-mailb...
- bobbylarrybobby 1y ago
  This was a client, whereas I assume “dropbox email” was intended to mean a gmail competitor.
coro_1 1y ago
There are 5 steps for every one 1 there once was for any given operation on the platform. The next offering will be 6 steps.
bapak 1y ago
You could say Google should have stuck to search, Apple to computers, IBM to punching cards. As companies grow, they want to diversify and not die.
hn8726 1y ago
Dropbox "ai" already exists too: https://dash.dropbox.com/ https://dash.dropbox.com/

rjh29 1y ago

I agree but what are they supposed to do? Cloud sharing is commoditized now and it's easy to move providers. Their only choice was to try to move up the stack, but there is no clear direction. It's video editing, e-signatures/encryption, passwords, AI, document editing... so far I haven't found any of those offerings useful. Their Linux support is however much appreciated.

emeril 1y ago
I suppose though to be honest, it seems they are still the best for cloud sharing I think?
- tayo42 1y ago
  better then google drive?
  - grues-dinner 1y ago
    They have a Linux client, so, yes.
Groxx 1y ago
Reduce price. Reduce the abominable resource usage. Allow E2E encryption. Increase performance so it doesn't trickle at tens of kilobytes for hours when I have 100Mbps upload and half a terabyte left. Like. Build a decent product. The lack of any major competition doesn't mean they should stop improving and branch out into costly absurdity, at least try to keep up with Maestral with 100x the headcount.
- andrewmcwatters 1y ago
  > Like. Build a decent product. Man, wouldn’t it be so cool if tech companies actually were competitive instead of trying to establish parasitic marketshare or dying with no in-between?
- kelvinjps10 1y ago
  Anyone knows about a good Dropbox alternative? That supports Linux
  - jsk2600 1y ago
    Google Drive with Insync client (paid), I’m using it with no issues for years on Linux.
  - Larrikin 1y ago
    Your own computer/NAS with tailscale for day to day usage of accessing your files from any computer from any other computer. Immich to replace the camera upload feature. Taildrop needs improvement with files over a gig and between other users though.
  - disapptavocado 1y ago
    Not free but https://tresorit.com https://tresorit.com is great. E2E encryption and has a Linux client too.
    - Flimm 1y ago
      The main downside of Tresorit is that it does not support syncing symlinks. It also does not have LAN sync like Dropbox does. Tresorit does have E2E encryption, which is great. Only the enterprise version of Dropbox has E2E encryption.
      - antonyh 1y ago
        That is unfortunate for both symlinks and for a lack of LAN sync. Not having the ability to deal with anything I throw at it does add risk that the sync isn't true, but outside of the OS I don't use symlinks. LAN sync would save data transfers over slower links but with E2E is this isn't too surprising that it's centralised.
bigstrat2003 1y ago
Well... they could have not enabled a "share your data with us" checkbox without ever asking the user. I have no idea how many customers they lost by playing fast and loose with privacy (I, at least, was one), but it doesn't seem like it could've been worth it.
slyall 1y ago
Is cloud sharing really commoditized ? How many other options are they to sync files between my laptop and my phone, especially if my Laptop is running Linux?
- rjh29 1y ago
  Google Drive, iCloud, One Drive, 100 others. Yes Linux is a special case but mostly irrelevant to them.

geoffpado 1y ago

> Dropbox Email Been there, done that: https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873268/why-dropbox-mailbox-shutdown https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873268/why-dropbox-mailb...

bobbylarrybobby 1y ago
This was a client, whereas I assume “dropbox email” was intended to mean a gmail competitor.

coro_1 1y ago

There are 5 steps for every one 1 there once was for any given operation on the platform. The next offering will be 6 steps.

bapak 1y ago

You could say Google should have stuck to search, Apple to computers, IBM to punching cards. As companies grow, they want to diversify and not die.

hn8726 1y ago

Dropbox "ai" already exists too: https://dash.dropbox.com/ https://dash.dropbox.com/