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I'm not a betting man but if I had to put $1 on which service (Dropbox or Google Drive) would disappear first I'd bet Dropbox.

by watty 13y ago

barrkel 13y ago
I'd probably bet on Google putting Dropbox out of business with competition, then getting rid of Drive because it's no longer a growth area.
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > I'd probably bet on Google putting Dropbox out of business with competition, then getting rid of Drive because it's no longer a growth area. That's not too unlikely, if by "Drive" you mean the desktop sync application, which pretty clearly has always been pretty tangential to the strategic purpose of Drive, which is first and foremost a cloud storage platform for web apps (Google first-party apps, institutional customer second-party apps, and ISV third-party apps).
  - barrkel 13y ago
    That's exactly what I think - I even said so earlier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394140
    - shaneofalltrad 13y ago
      Either way, it would be a shame if Google sank Dropbox and I would resent it. Dropbox is a GREAT service for free, then charges if you like more space. They offer the best use cases around for developers who do a lot of cross device work. You can keep all your information on all testing environments, and even share folders with others (or other accounts) and not really face limitations (i.e. no linux support). And with Google already getting strict about storage on Android, you can only suspect a Chess move to gain control with a dollar 99 on the hook.
- bsgreenb 13y ago
  oof, worst of both worlds
- brianmcdonough 13y ago
  How very Kafka.
  - Ygg2 13y ago
    If it was Kafka, at some point Google would transform into a giant locust, be accused of unknown crime, and sentenced to a prison colony in America.
- aragot 13y ago
  This. The very obvious thing in the $10 terabyte offer is, Google wants Dropbox and all data hosters out of business. So I trust that Dropbox _will_ be out of business very soon.
  - Chronic26 13y ago
    No. Google will drop Drive just like they dropped their other products. I'm sure of it.
  - sbuk 13y ago
    Why? Just because Google are going cheap? I'm personally not interested because it's Google. This may surprise many of you, but there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google.
    - jmathai 13y ago
      I'm not convinced this is a war that will be won on price alone. Nor will it be won on commodity features (i.e. sync). Google's advantage is that they can slowly eat away at Dropbox's market share by integrating Google Drive with and marketing it through their other products. Dropbox's advantage is their existing customer base. In time I think Google's got the upper hand on this one.
    - tripzilch 13y ago
      > there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google. while I agree with you in principle, there's also quite a lot more people who simply are happy (relieved, even) that they can make the computer help them perform the task they want to accomplish. I'm not even saying that Dropbox or Google is better at this, just that I see people use every day just what's right in front of them and they know they can make work. and because of that they don't seem to have the luxury (even if they have the foresight) of considering what will stick around for longest (or perhaps what's idealistically "right" to choose). again, I'm not defending this situation. but it does seem (to me) that the majority of people are motivated by this, and cannot afford or consider decisions like whether or not to "simply not trust Google".

I'm not a betting man but if I had to put $1 on which service (Dropbox or Google Drive) would disappear first I'd bet Dropbox.

by watty 13y ago

I'm not a betting man but if I had to put $1 on which service (Dropbox or Google Drive) would disappear first I'd bet Dropbox.

barrkel 13y ago

I'd probably bet on Google putting Dropbox out of business with competition, then getting rid of Drive because it's no longer a growth area.

dragonwriter 13y ago
> I'd probably bet on Google putting Dropbox out of business with competition, then getting rid of Drive because it's no longer a growth area. That's not too unlikely, if by "Drive" you mean the desktop sync application, which pretty clearly has always been pretty tangential to the strategic purpose of Drive, which is first and foremost a cloud storage platform for web apps (Google first-party apps, institutional customer second-party apps, and ISV third-party apps).
- barrkel 13y ago
  That's exactly what I think - I even said so earlier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394140
  - shaneofalltrad 13y ago
    Either way, it would be a shame if Google sank Dropbox and I would resent it. Dropbox is a GREAT service for free, then charges if you like more space. They offer the best use cases around for developers who do a lot of cross device work. You can keep all your information on all testing environments, and even share folders with others (or other accounts) and not really face limitations (i.e. no linux support). And with Google already getting strict about storage on Android, you can only suspect a Chess move to gain control with a dollar 99 on the hook.
bsgreenb 13y ago
oof, worst of both worlds
brianmcdonough 13y ago
How very Kafka.
- Ygg2 13y ago
  If it was Kafka, at some point Google would transform into a giant locust, be accused of unknown crime, and sentenced to a prison colony in America.
aragot 13y ago
This. The very obvious thing in the $10 terabyte offer is, Google wants Dropbox and all data hosters out of business. So I trust that Dropbox _will_ be out of business very soon.
- Chronic26 13y ago
  No. Google will drop Drive just like they dropped their other products. I'm sure of it.
- sbuk 13y ago
  Why? Just because Google are going cheap? I'm personally not interested because it's Google. This may surprise many of you, but there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google.
  - jmathai 13y ago
    I'm not convinced this is a war that will be won on price alone. Nor will it be won on commodity features (i.e. sync). Google's advantage is that they can slowly eat away at Dropbox's market share by integrating Google Drive with and marketing it through their other products. Dropbox's advantage is their existing customer base. In time I think Google's got the upper hand on this one.
  - tripzilch 13y ago
    > there are quite a lot of people who simply don trust Google. while I agree with you in principle, there's also quite a lot more people who simply are happy (relieved, even) that they can make the computer help them perform the task they want to accomplish. I'm not even saying that Dropbox or Google is better at this, just that I see people use every day just what's right in front of them and they know they can make work. and because of that they don't seem to have the luxury (even if they have the foresight) of considering what will stick around for longest (or perhaps what's idealistically "right" to choose). again, I'm not defending this situation. but it does seem (to me) that the majority of people are motivated by this, and cannot afford or consider decisions like whether or not to "simply not trust Google".