Dropbox is going public!

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by Michael J. Fletcher, Mar 31, 2017.

  1. I stopped using Dropbox when I realized they were looking at what I was uploading and sending me targeted spam emails from it. (No, it wasn't porn.)
    Security-minded users like myself have fled Dropbox to open source alternatives like Syncthing.
     
  2. Yeah... I need an alternative to Dropbox but htf do I move a terabyte of data
     
  3. I maxed out my free storage with them, but when most of that expired I moved. $10/month isn't a lot, but I only needed a fraction of the amount of storage that gets you. I'd rather pay $2 or whatever google charges for an amount closer to what I need
     
  4. 1shooter

    1shooter

    I can't understand why someone would use a off site service like this. Unless there are multiple people who want to access it. I have most of my import stuff saved over several hard drives and is pretty cheap overall.
     
  5. I was using it to store work in progress while moving among 3 different computers. It was handier than using a thumb drive once it was set up.
     
  6. Convenience. I've been on a long flight and forgotten to bring a book or anything, luckily I had several PDF's on my dropbox, just downloaded them before the flight and can read through.

    That's the main thing for me. I don't have anything super important backed up, it is just a convenient way of consolidating all my stuff and allowing me to immediately access it without having to worry about bringing my hard drive with me or having my laptop.
     
  7. 1shooter

    1shooter

    I understand. I suppose i am being a little narrow minded. It just doesn't seem like a interest that would suit me. I still refuse to have a cell phone.
     
  8. Jamie J.

    Jamie J.

    In vain, some people are skeptical about Dropbox. It offers services for a wide range of people and successfully complements the modern lifestyle. It could be progressively growing stock.
     
  9. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. Still I wouldn't underestimate the widespread privacy concerns.
     
    #10     Mar 31, 2017