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Funny how similar this is to the famous comment on Dropbox's Launch HN post in 2007. "1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite t

Funny how similar this is to the famous comment on Dropbox's Launch HN post in 2007. "1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software."

blahblahson 8mo ago
Drop Box is free though.
- cmsparks 8mo ago
  they're free up to a limit, just like us!
- gverrilla 8mo ago
  I migrated away from dropbox to seafile. 2gb free plan to now unlimited =) total: 3 hours with claude code.
koakuma-chan 8mo ago
Why is it funny? Is Dropbox supposed to be some kind of success? Their stock is down -16.72% from IPO seven years ago.
- mfkp 8mo ago
  Yeah, it's only at a 6.355B market cap, complete failure!
saberience 8mo ago
You couldn't vibe-code Dropbox in an hour though...
- actionfromafar 8mo ago
  You wouldn’t vibe-code a car...
- gregjw 8mo ago
  hmm, i wonder how long it would take nowadays actually
ywvcbk 8mo ago
Exception in those days it took a lot of time and effort to build software and you couldn't just do it by answering a few multi choice questions on a phone.
tomasphan 8mo ago
Dropbox is not a tool solely for developers though.