[josteink]

> It’s a matter of time before Apple rolls out iCloud file/folder sharing

And that solution won't work on my work-machine running Windows, nor on my home-machines running Linux.

Nor on any machine owned by anyone in my greater family. Because most people don't have Macs.

It will be completely irrelevant outside some niche Apple-only circles. Like most services Apple make.

I'd be surprised if it disrupted Dropbox noticeably.

[robotresearcher]

Microsoft might follow Apple's lead of OS developers including cloud sync. That's gonna leave a mark on Dropbox's business.

[onion2k]

I'd guess that Dropbox make most of their revenue from businesses that have large numbers of different computers. If you have a network of computers all running the same OS then sharing and sync'ing is relatively easy; Dropbox solves the pain where you don't have that. Any service that's Apple-only, or Windows-only, or even just perceived to be limited to a particular OS, isn't going to have much of an impact on Dropbox's bottom line.

[robotresearcher]

There's value in cross-platform, sure. I stuck with Dropbox because they have Linux and Mac clients.

But aren't there whole government departments and other very big customers that are pretty much single-platform, usually Windows?

[detaro]

> But aren't there whole government departments and other very big customers that are pretty much single-platform, usually Windows?

Would be interesting to know how much that class of customer uses services like this. I would assume primarily as part of a bigger package (e.g. if it comes with Office365 or Google Suite (or whatever that is called right now))?

[dahauns]

> Microsoft might follow Apple's lead of OS developers including cloud sync.

You mean OneDrive?

[robotresearcher]

Yeah, I guess so. It's had so little impact on my world that I forgot all about it.

[josteink]

That would be a much more serious contender, yes.

But an Apple-only offering? Not at all.