[lubos]

with specialized services on the Internet for just about any kind of data, it makes less sense to use general purpose tool like Dropbox.

Not to mention that cloud storage is becoming core feature of many operating systems. If Dropbox doesn't reinvent itself, it could easily face the fate of Netscape.

So what I'm thinking is that Dropbox will keep building/buying these specific-purpose services which will all work on top of your dropbox account (similar how Facebook built photo-sharing and other features on top of their social network). This is basically the only way for them to stay relevant since pure cloud storage is at this point commoditized and there is zero lock-in.