[a0123]

Here is the thing: Dropbox has no business being anything other than a cloud storage solution. Stop trying to do everything, it's too difficult and too expensive. Find what you're great at, and just improve it little by little. Stop adding shit.

Never, ever used any additional Dropbox services. All I need it to do is be a reliable cloud storage. Nothing else.

[doctorpangloss]

Okay… but then Google Drive is cheaper and has all these other features, so I switched to it, and stopped paying Dropbox, so I guess you’re wrong?

[Mistletoe]

Lower the price below Google Drive and be better at being Google Drive than Google is. It wouldn't be that hard. You wouldn't need to be more expensive if you weren't pissing money away on acquisitions no one wants all the time.

[doctorpangloss]

ah yes, make your product cheaper than the same thing from company that has the greatest number of free software offerings with the largest user bases in the world

[typpilol]

Dropbox has one key advantage.

Block based syncing.

[hs86]

Didn't Google add this in October 2024: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7577057?hl=en

The changelog states: "Added support for “differential” uploads. When large files are edited, Drive for desktop will now upload only the parts of the file that changed."

[typpilol]

If they did I'm jumping ship. Was literally my only reason for staying on Dropbox

[everfrustrated]

TIL. For some reason I thought Drive for Desktop was discontinued years ago. Nice to see the regular updates.

[Wowfunhappy]

Okay, but let's say Google implements that. Than Dropbox is toast, right?

It's such a shame, because I absolutely believe that simpler products which focus on one thing and do it well are basically always a better user experience (and I personally try to use them wherever possible). But I think the business case is hard.

[typpilol]

If they did I'll switch to Google. It's the only reason I use Dropbox over others like OneDrive.

[mvdtnz]

You have no business telling anyone what their business is. Dropbox has "business" doing whatever they want to try to make great products, achieve their mission and turn over some cash.

[eviks]

How is it your business telling other people what to say? Isn't it similarly "whatever they want"?