[bayindirh]

On the other hand, they are adding tons of invisible yet useful features like auto OCR on PDFs, auto-transcription of audio files, a much better search, etc.

It's not suitable to store anything that sensitive, but for regular stuff, they are becoming a powerhouse, and the web app allows you to work very efficiently and fast.

I personally like Dropbox, and don't find the direction they're heading ill-advised.

[pempem]

The direction is great. The communication and customer support leave a lot to be desired.

The thing is, its hard to have a product thats important to you and does cool things but also you don't rely on for anything crucial. Esp when its file storage.

[bayindirh]

> you don't rely on for anything crucial. Esp when its file storage.

Crucial and sensitive are different things. I trust them with the files I actively and regularly use, but I don't trust them with anything that needs encryption, which is a tiny sliver of what I have in terms of files.

Keeping things backed up is an entirely different conversation, though.

[tomrod]

That is far afield what I'd consider appropriate use of my data. I'll be discontinuing my very old subscription.

[adithyassekhar]

Are these opt in?