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droprdotin

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    Comment #7851789

    hiddentao, View Dropr.in not as a replacement for Box or Ge.tt, but as something completely different. Ge.tt is about as close as it comes, but they're viewing your data as a cache…

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    Comment #7851756

    Nux, This service is very different from Dropr.in. We're not trying to be "Bittorrent in a browser". Our goals are simplicity and convenience. Looks like a nice site if P2P is your…

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    Comment #7851713

    Mandatum, That's true, that's why there's the file timeouts for anonymous files. Distributing pirated content in 10MB chunks that last only 15 minutes is not practical.

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    Comment #7848414

    _RPM, Can you share the filecode with me? I'm happy to take a look and see what the story is. UPDATE: I uploaded an executable binary myself and can't reproduce the problem. Can yo…

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    Comment #7848363

    calebm, It's similar, but Dropr.in doesn't require interactivity on both ends. That is to say, you don't need to coordinate with the recipient of the file to download it at a set t…

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    Comment #7848242

    dabernathy89, Thanks for the feedback! We sort of felt the same way. Honestly, we wanted something fast and easy and you're right, going heavy on the UI just slows things down. We'…

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    Comment #7848226

    lurchpop, They are absolutely, unequivocally delete from our servers! No trace of the files are kept whatsoever. I know it's our word against the sky, but files are truly only kept…

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    Comment #7848169

    Hi, JTon! Thanks for the feedback. The site is not intended to be used for sharing large binaries. It's purpose is for quickly sharing "incidental" type of files or transferring fi…