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Anybody have any idea what the distribution is here for consumer vs business? I've literally never heard of anyone, company or individual, paying for Dropbox.

awj 13y ago
You're right to doubt your personal evidence at this point. Almost everyone I know who has a Dropbox account pays for it.
- Nate75Sanders 13y ago
  Ok, are they businesses or individuals? What are they using it for?
  - ghshephard 13y ago
    Once you start to share files with a lot of other people, you very, very quickly use up the initial quota that you get with your free account. That's the Dropbox strategy - if you use it as an individual, you probably won't use that much. But, once you start using it in a social way - you quickly need to pay for a pro account.
    - onedev 13y ago
      They give out so much free space, right now I have 55GB of free space for life. Then again, I'm not the typical user; I've visited Dropbox HQ a couple times, gone to their recruiting events, and know some Dropbox engineers.
      - ghshephard 13y ago
        Yes - you would be atypical. I'm guessing that 99% of Dropbox Users have < 5GB of free space based on my rather geeky attempts at adding free space to my account and eventually ending up with 1.51 GB free space in addition to the initial 2 GB.
        aiowdhiwoa 13y ago
        >install dropbox on VM >snapshot >10 minutes of referral link + revert >??? >45GB of free space for life
        awj 13y ago
        And you believe this is something a typical user is capable of, let alone that they would do?
  - awj 13y ago
    Individuals. Some are using it for business purposes, some for personal use. Most of the personal users have filled their quota with sharing as 'ghshephard' mentioned.
macspoofing 13y ago
>I've literally never heard of anyone, company or individual, paying for Dropbox Hi. Nice to meet you.
ghshephard 13y ago
Almost everyone I work with pays for their dropbox account. You start working with the free account for a few years, and then, eventually, you build a lot of business processes and data management flows - and discover you get $100/year of value out of it. Also - a combination of Dropbox + ARQ + Backblaze/Crashplan + SuperDuper gives you a pretty rock solid backup system.

awj 13y ago

You're right to doubt your personal evidence at this point. Almost everyone I know who has a Dropbox account pays for it.

Nate75Sanders 13y ago
Ok, are they businesses or individuals? What are they using it for?
- ghshephard 13y ago
  Once you start to share files with a lot of other people, you very, very quickly use up the initial quota that you get with your free account. That's the Dropbox strategy - if you use it as an individual, you probably won't use that much. But, once you start using it in a social way - you quickly need to pay for a pro account.
  - onedev 13y ago
    They give out so much free space, right now I have 55GB of free space for life. Then again, I'm not the typical user; I've visited Dropbox HQ a couple times, gone to their recruiting events, and know some Dropbox engineers.
    - ghshephard 13y ago
      Yes - you would be atypical. I'm guessing that 99% of Dropbox Users have < 5GB of free space based on my rather geeky attempts at adding free space to my account and eventually ending up with 1.51 GB free space in addition to the initial 2 GB.
      - aiowdhiwoa 13y ago
        >install dropbox on VM >snapshot >10 minutes of referral link + revert >??? >45GB of free space for life
        awj 13y ago
        And you believe this is something a typical user is capable of, let alone that they would do?
- awj 13y ago
  Individuals. Some are using it for business purposes, some for personal use. Most of the personal users have filled their quota with sharing as 'ghshephard' mentioned.

macspoofing 13y ago

>I've literally never heard of anyone, company or individual, paying for Dropbox Hi. Nice to meet you.

ghshephard 13y ago

Almost everyone I work with pays for their dropbox account. You start working with the free account for a few years, and then, eventually, you build a lot of business processes and data management flows - and discover you get $100/year of value out of it. Also - a combination of Dropbox + ARQ + Backblaze/Crashplan + SuperDuper gives you a pretty rock solid backup system.