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droprdotin
12y ago
hiddentao, View Dropr.in not as a replacement for Box or Ge.tt, but as something completely different. Ge.tt is about as close as it comes, but they're viewing your data as a cache of files with free accounts limited to 250MB of storag
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droprdotin
12y ago
Nux, This service is very different from Dropr.in. We're not trying to be "Bittorrent in a browser". Our goals are simplicity and convenience. Looks like a nice site if P2P is your need, though.
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droprdotin
12y ago
Mandatum, That's true, that's why there's the file timeouts for anonymous files. Distributing pirated content in 10MB chunks that last only 15 minutes is not practical.
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droprdotin
12y ago
_RPM, Can you share the filecode with me? I'm happy to take a look and see what the story is. UPDATE: I uploaded an executable binary myself and can't reproduce the problem. Can you share what browser and platform you are running
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droprdotin
12y ago
calebm, It's similar, but Dropr.in doesn't require interactivity on both ends. That is to say, you don't need to coordinate with the recipient of the file to download it at a set time. Also, Dropr.in offers (indeed, enforces)
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droprdotin
12y ago
dabernathy89, Thanks for the feedback! We sort of felt the same way. Honestly, we wanted something fast and easy and you're right, going heavy on the UI just slows things down. We're HUGE fans of keeping it as simple as humanly po
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droprdotin
12y ago
lurchpop, They are absolutely, unequivocally delete from our servers! No trace of the files are kept whatsoever. I know it's our word against the sky, but files are truly only kept as long as their lifespan allows. When the timer strik
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droprdotin
12y ago
Hi, JTon! Thanks for the feedback. The site is not intended to be used for sharing large binaries. It's purpose is for quickly sharing "incidental" type of files or transferring files quickly from device to device. For exampl