[belthesar]

“But why” is an ever present question on Hacker News, with the announcement of Dropbox being rebutted with “But why, we have FTP”.

Not every idea that rethinks an existing system will have the same merit or success of course, but I think it’s fair that sometimes a potential user will say that they think their existing system is fine and that others should adopt it vs consider something new.

[JohnKemeny]

Is Dropbox still in use, though?

[wk_end]

Not as little as you'd think, not as widely as it once was. But the reasons for that have little to do with the "but why?"s thrown at it when it was first promoted.

[roughly]

The “why” is effectively that they got Sherlocked by every platform owner out there - Dropbox’s declining usage isn’t an indication they were wrong.

[senkora]

I still use it (and pay for it) because it is the only option that offers a Linux client.