[callumjones]

This has to be HN at its worst. Reducing a complicated file sharing and collaboration tool to an insecure and highly technical protocol.

Dropbox: I can upload a file super easily and share a simple & secure link with someone who just has a web browser.

FTP: I can upload a file to an FTP server I've either configured on my server or rented online. I'll then provide an FTP url to friend with instructions on how they should login and what FTP client they should use on their chosen device.

EDIT: This could be sarcasm, if I didn't pick up on then feel free to downvote me to hell.

EDIT 2: Thanks to the comments, this is sarcasm. I messed up. Sorry rakoo.

[microtonal]

This is a parody. From the original Dropbox announcement on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

Unfortunately, similar parodies are posted as a reaction to many Dropbox-related posts, so gets a bit repetitive.

[rakoo]

It does indeed, but I feel like it's an important part of HN (some people arrive here allthc time) and retrospecting about it is something all engineers should do, so I felt the need to point at I again.

For completion sake and closer on the story, here's the same account 11 years later reflecting on himself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16661824

[manfredo]

It's probably in reference to a HN comment on Dropbox's original announcement post that said the product was a glorified version of Rsync. To be fair to that commenter, he congratualted the company in it's IPO post.