"try for free" - can't see what the pricing for this is anywhere. Does it require Dropbox plus?
Dropbox Transfer
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#12Good to see them finally doing something addressing actual user needs for a change, instead of chasing greener pastures. Given my informal observations over the years, I wouldn't be surprised if transferring large files was the main need that drives users to Dropbox - when dealing with individuals and companies outside tech, I frequently saw them giving the advice to "get a Dropbox" when someone needed to send them m…
Agreed. This actually looks useful, something providing actual value to existing (and new) users.
This also looks like it has (viable?) plan for monetising: branded pages for company accounts.
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#13Does normal Dropbox have “download notifications”? Is this any different than just emailing a link to a shared Dropbox file?
This can be password protected and have an expiration date. I don't think Dropbox normally has download notifications, and this is possibly more friendly to receivers without a Dropbox account and can be company branded.
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#14It's cool that they're doing something obvious and obviously useful this time. It's sad that we don't have a better way to send files to other people than to create a Dropbox account, upload files, then send a link over email. I've written https://filemap.xyz/ so people are able to send files and links without having to send URLs, instead you just agree on a common geographical location -- but of course this isn't th…
That’s... interesting. Could you share a bit about how you arrived at this approach?
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#15"try for free" - can't see what the pricing for this is anywhere. Does it require Dropbox plus?
You need Pro to change the expiration date or set a password.
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#16Good to see them finally doing something addressing actual user needs for a change, instead of chasing greener pastures. Given my informal observations over the years, I wouldn't be surprised if transferring large files was the main need that drives users to Dropbox - when dealing with individuals and companies outside tech, I frequently saw them giving the advice to "get a Dropbox" when someone needed to send them m…
I suspect the bundled OneDrive in Office365 is hurting them. Dropbox is better, but hard to justify if you already have something that's good enough.
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#18It's cool that they're doing something obvious and obviously useful this time. It's sad that we don't have a better way to send files to other people than to create a Dropbox account, upload files, then send a link over email. I've written https://filemap.xyz/ so people are able to send files and links without having to send URLs, instead you just agree on a common geographical location -- but of course this isn't th…
That’s... interesting. Could you share a bit about how you arrived at this approach?
There's also the problem that anyone who knows your address will be able to download your files, whereas most other services either seem to have strong access control or unguessable links.
That said, it's an interesting and novel approach.
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#19Dropbox is not going to win me back as a user. Not after they chose to drop support for non-APFS/HFS+ filesystems on macOS without sufficient explanation.
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#20Their answer to Firefox Send? send.firefox.com
And WeTransfer, probably the leader in the market.