[rdez6173]

So, dropbox hasn't optimized for what they consider a corner case. I hardly think this warrants the sensationalized, apocalyptic, headline.

Should they address this issue? Yes, and it sounds like it's on their radar. Do we need to sharpen our pitchforks? Not likely.

[sp332]

I think the business tier could reasonably have a problem with it right now. That's a lot of storage, and having 300,000 files might not be a "corner case".

[stayoffliner]

I can think of many other ways there may well be a coming Dropbox Apocalypse.

Lets see: OS vendors wake up from their slumber, and start putting the OS back where it needs to be: beyond Web 2.0. Fact is kiddies, dropbox and the like are a hacky solution to a problem that should have been solved, properly, decades ago .. if only the OS vendors had not sold their souls, rested on their laurels, etc.

Another apocalypse: someone targets Dropbox and does the big `rm -rf /* ´ .. its not impossible, although like most Apocalypses, not likely to be a problem until it happens.

[MetaCosm]

It is a known issue in that tier, and that tier is DAMNED pricey. Normally, I would make a snarky comment about Python, but it is early.