[CamperBob2]

Ability to recover deleted files for up to 30 days is a prominently advertised feature of Dropbox. It would be unthinkable for them not to allow that, given how easily files can be lost by users who aren't familiar with how syncing works.

Look at all of the people who consider Dropbox a "backup" service, and imagine being the guy on the phone who has to explain that yes, actually, deleting a file on one system is supposed to delete it from all other clients.

I will say that this is a really interesting story, in that it illustrates how Dropbox, like all of the similar services on the market, is handy for many use cases but ideal for almost none. A service that's basically a "scriptable" Dropbox would be pretty compelling.