[lemevi]

Dropbox's event log has saved me so many times. I have recovered pictures of my family that mean a great deal to me. I even get an email if lots of files were deleted, and the API is amazing. That's why I love Dropbox, the file sync is their bread and butter, their core business and not just a feature.

[gutnor]

Just wonder how long they will manage ? Their competition is fierce and cloud storage is indeed an additional feature of their competitor products.

A bit like standalone digital camera losing out to smartphones despite obvious quality difference. In this case, dropbox does not even have an obvious quality benefit: syncing is a bit of a lemon market and in any case it works perfectly for most people the majority of the time.

I'm both an iCloud and a Dropbox customer. The fact that I chose to pay for iCloud despite paying for Dropbox is my anecdotal evidence of the perceived value of iCloud "other services" (which I admit is Apple ecosystem prison - just sweet enough a prison you don't want to break free). I trust Dropbox - but I know that eventually, if iCloud does not betray me for a while I will be tempted to save some money on it.

[markdown]

"Dropbox is a feature, not a product" - Steve Jobs

[kalleboo]

This is a thread about how poorly Apple has managed to implement this as a feature rather than a product.

The context makes your quote sound like hubris rather than wisdom.

[pjc50]

"Not losing my data" is a feature, too.

[paulspringett]

I don't think you could call iCloud Drive either.