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Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Post by cat199 »

dwoozle wrote: post #8
desine wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropbox recently had some backlash, mostly due to them updating their OSX software that installed a new file manager without the user's explicit permission. Not sure if it's related, but they've had some issues with their tech stack lately https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20477958

Do you genuinely think the Dropbox CTO resigned because of some complaints about an app dialog.

Not the OP, but 'app dialogs' and their utility/uselessness are symptomatic of the underlying philosophy and business culture which made them a 'requirement' - so if the app dialog is undesirable, it carries implications about the internal environment in which it was developed, which may prompt someone to leave.

alternately: this was the person pushing the undesirable things, and other people pushed that person out as 'bad news', or, this person couldn't push more 'bad things' through effectively enough to his own liking and so left.

Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Post by noahster11 »

desine wrote: post #7
MiscIdeaMaker99 wrote: post #2

Hmm. What's interesting about it?

Dropbox recently had some backlash, mostly due to them updating their OSX software that installed a new file manager without the user's explicit permission. Not sure if it's related, but they've had some issues with their tech stack lately https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20477958

Something else they received backlash for is them limiting devices on the free tier to only 3.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19925652

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265574/dropbox-3-device...

Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

#14

Post by qzw »

rblion wrote: post #4

What happened?

Stock price is down 26% in the past year. Either the CEO wants to show that serious steps are being taken to right the ship or the CTO is leaving for greener pastures. Since the article quoted the CTO as saying that he’s starting his venture career, I’m guessing it’s the former.

Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Post by stestagg »

dwoozle wrote: post #8
desine wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropbox recently had some backlash, mostly due to them updating their OSX software that installed a new file manager without the user's explicit permission. Not sure if it's related, but they've had some issues with their tech stack lately https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20477958

Do you genuinely think the Dropbox CTO resigned because of some complaints about an app dialog.

I, for one, recently cancelled my long term Dropbox subscription based on only a few similar stunts they’ve pulled.

There’s anecdotal evidence that others have too.

Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Post by ProfessorLayton »

Dropbox has slowly but surely gone from a product I enjoyed and recommended to one that I actively dislike using. I find it pretty astonishing that such a mature product:

- Is slow

- Demolishes my MBP's battery

- Has not gotten simpler to use

And worst of all, it is completely out of line with what their competition are charging. They want $12.50-15/mo for their most basic plan when their competition is charging $0-10 for their core feature set.

I wish them well, but once iCloud launches file sharing I'm 100% done with them.

Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Post by tracker1 »

noahster11 wrote: post #12
desine wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropbox recently had some backlash, mostly due to them updating their OSX software that installed a new file manager without the user's explicit permission. Not sure if it's related, but they've had some issues with their tech stack lately https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20477958

Something else they received backlash for is them limiting devices on the free tier to only 3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19925652 https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265574/dropbox-3-device...

This hit me hard a few weeks ago, and still is.. I've had a few hardware issues and had to (re)install a few times. Limiting access to 3 devices, I'm not sure about upgrading. I don't really need more space, and in fact most of what I really use it for I could get away with a private github/gitlab repo.

Re: Dropbox CTO Resigns

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Post by eropple »

damnyou wrote: post #13
toxik wrote: post #10

Famously, Steve Jobs once called Dropbox “a feature, not a product.”

Maybe "products" are actually bad when they lock you into an ecosystem like the company Steve Jobs headed does.

You get that Dropbox has been desperately trying to turn into an ecosystem for its entire existence, right?
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