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Dropbox has learned the lesson of the Komen and Mozilla affairs. The minority who are protesting will not become customers again if their demands are met. (Ma
by joeclark77 13y ago
Dropbox has learned the lesson of the Komen and Mozilla affairs. The minority who are protesting will not become customers again if their demands are met. (Many aren't even customers to begin with.) If Dropbox caves, however, they stand to lose far more customers.
- toomuchtodo 13y ago> If Dropbox caves, however, they stand to lose far more customers. Why? (Curious, not being an ass)
- joeclark77 13y agoI mean, more than they have already lost. People who have left because they object to Rice's politics, are not going to come back. People who respect Condi Rice (or dislike her detractors) (or are disgusted with the politicization of everything in life) may leave if Dropbox caves. Same story when Susan G Komen decided to stop funding abortion, then reversed its decision. Same story when Mozilla promoted Brandon Eich, then fired him.
- SmokeyHamster 13y agoI disagree. Dropbox's customer base are techies, and techies tend to dislike Rice's politics. You're right in that Dropbox would get some backlash for letting Rice go, but I doubt much of its current or future customer base would be upset.
- joeclark77 13y agoI think you're making a set mistake. The set of "techies" doesn't as a whole dislike Rice's politics. The set of "people who live around San Francisco and Seattle" dislikes Rice's politics. Elsewhere I think techies tend to lean more to the right... certainly on university campuses the most likely place to run into a Republican is in an engineering department... <flamebait>...probably because engineers have to understand math!</flamebait>
- SmokeyHamster 13y agoI was a Dropbox customer. I think they provide a very useful, inexpensive, and well-implemented service. But I've uninstalled their software and cancelled my account, because otherwise I'd be a hypocrite or someone who considers a file-sharing service more important than privacy or punishing a proponent of torture. If they fire Rice, I would likely resume using their service, but as long as she's on their board, I'm going to do everything I can to cost them business.
- joeclark77 13y agoWell, I'm a Dropbox customer, and I've just upgraded from a free account to the $100/year plan. If they fire Dr. Rice, I doubt you'll resume paying for Dropbox, but I definitely won't renew.