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I'm not certain if this is "news" per se. It's interesting, and I'm glad that Dropbox is staying kickass, but there's not much discussion to be held, nor is thi

by unalone 18y ago

I'm not certain if this is "news" per se. It's interesting, and I'm glad that Dropbox is staying kickass, but there's not much discussion to be held, nor is this a particularly newsworthy subject.

DTrejo 18y ago
I don't understand why you felt the need to take a shot at this. What if one of the dropbox guys dropped in and told us how they were able to pull off the backend work? Great discussions here on HN can stem from any kind of article, so I would hesitate to discourage discussion.
- unalone 18y ago
  I say it because I want there to be some users who really think about what's relevant and what's not. Of course, I'm a single user: my opinion is just an opinion here. It's just how I felt. There was a conversation on IRC a few days ago where people were complaining that "favored" HN companies would get stories up to the top page when the stories were fairly bland. I saw this and thought of that. I'm a proud Dropbox user - it's one of my favorite products - but this doesn't seem like something to revolve conversation around.
  - DTrejo 18y ago
    I see your point: my feelings for Dropbox do affect my votes.
  - paul7986 18y ago
    I did not know there was an IRC channel for HN. Is it a very active channel & do you happen to have a link?
    - unalone 18y ago
      http://mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23startups http://mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=... 105 people right now. Frequently active.
swombat 18y ago
Agreed. In addition, the link is broken for me. Brings me to a login page.
- jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
  It takes you to the page after you're logged in.
  - swombat 18y ago
    And what if I don't have a dropbox account? I didn't know that was an automatic assumption for HN users.
    - chacha102 18y ago
      If you don't have a dropbox, you either don't know what really good syncing is, or you don't have multiple computers to sync. The latter leaves me with the question why you are trying to look at it anyway.
    - albertni 18y ago
      Yeah, this is a common complaint. There'll be a page where anyone (with or without an account) can see all of our pricing details soon (it has in fact already been designed). As a sidenote, people I've asked who have experience in the freemium space have suggested that displaying your pricing for nonusers serves more than one purpose. There's the obvious one of telling people they can pay for more "features" (in our case space). But there's also the less apparent benefit that often times people (especially more mainstream users) are more likely to believe your service is truly free with no strings attached if they see that there are indeed paid options. Of course this kind of rationale applies more to some kinds of services than others.
      - swombat 18y ago
        That's very interesting... We have just published the pricing for Woobius, and would love to see that effect :-) Do you have any links to more detailed articles on that topic?
carterschonwald 18y ago
theres also the fact that when you navigate to the normal upgrade choices, the 100gb choice isn't listed. I also dislike the fact that the prices increase linearly. Would it not be reasonable to have them increase sublinearly to take advantage of the fact 1) the typical use of each storage tier will only use mildly more than the previous?
jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
I posted it for two reasons: a) The 100gb choice isn't listed as a normal upgrade option. People here are likely to be users, and also potential paying users. Classify this as more "useful link" than "news story". b) This is news.YCombinator. There's nothing wrong with YC companies gaining a large amount of attention here. On the flip side, if it isn't interesting/useful then don't vote it up.
- mikeyur 18y ago
  Thank you for posting it. 2 of my friends have already upgraded as they were hitting the cap on their 50GB accounts.
mattmaroon 18y ago
I wouldn't even mind it if it were a blog post or something. This just takes me to a log in page. Then I log in, and it takes me to an order page.
- tallanvor 18y ago
  Exactly. A login page that doesn't tell me anything - since I'm not a Dropbox customer, what does the link do to help convince me to sign up?

by unalone 18y ago

I'm not certain if this is "news" per se. It's interesting, and I'm glad that Dropbox is staying kickass, but there's not much discussion to be held, nor is this a particularly newsworthy subject.

DTrejo 18y ago

I don't understand why you felt the need to take a shot at this. What if one of the dropbox guys dropped in and told us how they were able to pull off the backend work? Great discussions here on HN can stem from any kind of article, so I would hesitate to discourage discussion.

unalone 18y ago
I say it because I want there to be some users who really think about what's relevant and what's not. Of course, I'm a single user: my opinion is just an opinion here. It's just how I felt. There was a conversation on IRC a few days ago where people were complaining that "favored" HN companies would get stories up to the top page when the stories were fairly bland. I saw this and thought of that. I'm a proud Dropbox user - it's one of my favorite products - but this doesn't seem like something to revolve conversation around.
- DTrejo 18y ago
  I see your point: my feelings for Dropbox do affect my votes.
- paul7986 18y ago
  I did not know there was an IRC channel for HN. Is it a very active channel & do you happen to have a link?
  - unalone 18y ago
    http://mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23startups http://mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=... 105 people right now. Frequently active.

swombat 18y ago

Agreed. In addition, the link is broken for me. Brings me to a login page.

jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
It takes you to the page after you're logged in.
- swombat 18y ago
  And what if I don't have a dropbox account? I didn't know that was an automatic assumption for HN users.
  - chacha102 18y ago
    If you don't have a dropbox, you either don't know what really good syncing is, or you don't have multiple computers to sync. The latter leaves me with the question why you are trying to look at it anyway.
  - albertni 18y ago
    Yeah, this is a common complaint. There'll be a page where anyone (with or without an account) can see all of our pricing details soon (it has in fact already been designed). As a sidenote, people I've asked who have experience in the freemium space have suggested that displaying your pricing for nonusers serves more than one purpose. There's the obvious one of telling people they can pay for more "features" (in our case space). But there's also the less apparent benefit that often times people (especially more mainstream users) are more likely to believe your service is truly free with no strings attached if they see that there are indeed paid options. Of course this kind of rationale applies more to some kinds of services than others.
    - swombat 18y ago
      That's very interesting... We have just published the pricing for Woobius, and would love to see that effect :-) Do you have any links to more detailed articles on that topic?

carterschonwald 18y ago

theres also the fact that when you navigate to the normal upgrade choices, the 100gb choice isn't listed. I also dislike the fact that the prices increase linearly. Would it not be reasonable to have them increase sublinearly to take advantage of the fact 1) the typical use of each storage tier will only use mildly more than the previous?

jasonlbaptiste 18y ago

I posted it for two reasons: a) The 100gb choice isn't listed as a normal upgrade option. People here are likely to be users, and also potential paying users. Classify this as more "useful link" than "news story". b) This is news.YCombinator. There's nothing wrong with YC companies gaining a large amount of attention here. On the flip side, if it isn't interesting/useful then don't vote it up.

mikeyur 18y ago
Thank you for posting it. 2 of my friends have already upgraded as they were hitting the cap on their 50GB accounts.

mattmaroon 18y ago

I wouldn't even mind it if it were a blog post or something. This just takes me to a log in page. Then I log in, and it takes me to an order page.

tallanvor 18y ago
Exactly. A login page that doesn't tell me anything - since I'm not a Dropbox customer, what does the link do to help convince me to sign up?