Dropbox S-1

I don't really understand why anyone would use dropbox given the multitude of different offerings out there. I'm curious if anyone who uses them can give me a take on why I should use them. I currently use Google Drive + Google Docs and am very satisfied. I pay for 1 TB of storage for personal work / storage.

Re: Dropbox S-1

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Post by devmunchies » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 8:32 PM UTC

tardo99 wrote: post #6

Congratulations to them. I don't really understand why anyone would use dropbox given the multitude of different offerings out there. I'm curious if anyone who uses them can give me a take on why I should use them. I currently use Google Drive + Google Docs and am very satisfied. I pay for 1 TB of storage for personal work / storage.

They are used by lots of businesses. It’s just for personal use.

Re: Dropbox S-1

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Post by mozumder » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 8:32 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #2

"My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB" Apr 4, 2007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

Do companies normally take 10+ years to go public? I think it was much quicker during the dotcom era, but I don't know how that compares to previous decades...

Oh and congrats to the team :)

Re: Dropbox S-1

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Post by blakesterz » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 8:32 PM UTC

tardo99 wrote: post #6

Congratulations to them. I don't really understand why anyone would use dropbox given the multitude of different offerings out there. I'm curious if anyone who uses them can give me a take on why I should use them. I currently use Google Drive + Google Docs and am very satisfied. I pay for 1 TB of storage for personal work / storage.

I guess it still works, and it's just what we've always been using. It's probably the first thing that most people used like this, and it still gets the job done for most people, I'd guess.

Re: Dropbox S-1

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Post by tsm » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 8:33 PM UTC

tardo99 wrote: post #6

Congratulations to them. I don't really understand why anyone would use dropbox given the multitude of different offerings out there. I'm curious if anyone who uses them can give me a take on why I should use them. I currently use Google Drive + Google Docs and am very satisfied. I pay for 1 TB of storage for personal work / storage.

My two reasons:

1) More people use Dropbox, which makes sharing easier.

2) First-class support for Linux