[bmelton]

I think that was kind of the point, as well as explaining why it's so much more expensive.

[jrockway]

Yes, exactly. I was noting the amusing fact that Dropbox uses S3, but using S3 alone already offered exactly the functionality they're launching today for less money. Dropbox is adding is a brand name and an easier-to-use GUI.

[chimeracoder]

> Dropbox is adding is a brand name and an easier-to-use GUI.

And judging by Apple's success with selling BSD, you can get at least 11 years and a $533B market cap by doing exactly that, if you do it well!

[bmelton]

Agreed. The difference between "how easy it is to share a link on S3" and on Dropbox is a million miles. Sure, actually sharing the link on S3 is easy, but getting the file onto S3, setting up security buckets, yadda yadda is non-trivial to low-tech users.

With Dropbox, I basically put a file in a folder.

There's always a market for convenience.

[ed209]

try and get my mum to use s3 :)