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Yeah I can make a dropbox clone in a one-liner bash command too Outright dismissal like this should be judged as harshly as the comment itself.

DaSHacka 8mo ago
At least dropbox isn't addictive brainrot lol Even the peers I know that use TikTok admit they should really be using it less and that it's total slop. It's truly the purest interpretation of junkfood in internet form
raincole 8mo ago
The parent comment explained why they dismissed this in clear language. Yours is a random weird comparison to Dropbox (how is it related to this post? Which side is Dropbox, TikTok or Loops?)
- jdeisenberg 8mo ago
  I think this is a reference to when Dropbox was first introduced. I recall posts dismissing it as “just something that could be done as well with a bash script”.
  - Moldoteck 8mo ago
    And who is dropbox in this situation? A federated implementation for me looks more like the bash script while tiktok would be the dbox
- niel 8mo ago
  I believe GP is referencing this classic comment from 2007 on Drew's original Show HN post for Dropbox: > 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
- wiseowise 8mo ago
  It’s a new trend to shoehorn any random shit into this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224.
wiseowise 8mo ago
> Yeah I can make a dropbox clone in a one-liner bash command too Jesus, is this the only argument you people have now? Some decade old comment of a non-business guy? Parent is right, loops removes precisely what makes TikTok addicting. It’s like removing heroin high for addicts – what’s the point of the injection, then?

DaSHacka 8mo ago

At least dropbox isn't addictive brainrot lol Even the peers I know that use TikTok admit they should really be using it less and that it's total slop. It's truly the purest interpretation of junkfood in internet form

raincole 8mo ago

The parent comment explained why they dismissed this in clear language. Yours is a random weird comparison to Dropbox (how is it related to this post? Which side is Dropbox, TikTok or Loops?)

jdeisenberg 8mo ago
I think this is a reference to when Dropbox was first introduced. I recall posts dismissing it as “just something that could be done as well with a bash script”.
- Moldoteck 8mo ago
  And who is dropbox in this situation? A federated implementation for me looks more like the bash script while tiktok would be the dbox
niel 8mo ago
I believe GP is referencing this classic comment from 2007 on Drew's original Show HN post for Dropbox: > 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
wiseowise 8mo ago
It’s a new trend to shoehorn any random shit into this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224.

wiseowise 8mo ago

> Yeah I can make a dropbox clone in a one-liner bash command too Jesus, is this the only argument you people have now? Some decade old comment of a non-business guy? Parent is right, loops removes precisely what makes TikTok addicting. It’s like removing heroin high for addicts – what’s the point of the injection, then?