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by chad_c 3263 days ago
Dropbox lost me when they closed Carousel. I don't understand why this space is so hard.
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Nobody wants to pay.
Sure they do, they just need more. Plenty of people are paying for iCloud and Google.

Dropbox' strength is sync and sharing, but they kneecap that by double-counting sharing capacity. I can't share a video with my wife (a non-subscriber) without paying again)

I think you have to prove yourself indispensable and really charm people with functionality that is surprisingly effective. I pay for iCloud (former) and Spotify (latter - their discovery constantly astounds me).

I need something like Dropbox and begrudgingly use the free tier interacting with my clients who use it, but I find myself trying to avoid paying for it or locking in on it. Something about it is just off-putting.