[coherentpony]

> I would like to add that one of the reasons I’m a paying subscriber of Dropbox is because it’s independent of all the major other providers.

If I remember correctly, it's using Amazon in the backend. So how exactly is it that it is independent of all the other major providers?

[TeMPOraL]

In terms of relationship. So that e.g. if you comment with too many emojis on a YouTube lifestream, you only lose access to your e-mails, but not your files.

[acrefoot]

That strong dependence changed with Magic Pocket:

https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-ama...

[sushid]

It’s not.

[babesh]

Wrong. European data center due to GDPR. Ever wonder who the cloud provider of that is?

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450280565/Dropbox-gears-...

Others are its own.