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Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by rmbeard »

wilhil wrote: post #185
Strom wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about your space, it's about your payment. If someone like a pro photographer shares their stuff with clients all the time, then their dropbox subscription won't necessarily cover all of that bandwidth. [1] Companies like dropbox only mention bandwidth in fine print or buried somewhere deep in the FAQ, but bandwidth is a key resource that every dropbox user consumes and dropbox has to pay for. -- [1] It migh…

What about P2P transfers...

These are often blocked by network configuration and firewalls , although with some effort you can probably by-pass this issue. The dat protocol is a good example.

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Post by nickflood »

mbesto wrote: post #82
silviogutierrez wrote: post #45

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100%. I shut down DropBox at last $dayjob (mid-size) after piloting OneDrive. Saved tens of thousands a year. OneDrive was inferior, no doubt, but good enough. And will only become better. More importantly, I cannot imagine anyone building better integration with Office (live editing) than the actual Office company.

> OneDrive was inferior, no doubt, but good enough. And will only become better. I'll hold my breath. Dropbox basically had sync across all major OS's ready to work very early in its life (10 years ago?). The fact that OneDrive and Box's desktop sync performs so poorly leads me to believe this is not where their engineering effort is and nor will it anytime soon (it's probably more on the back-end admin for enterpris…

As a OneDrive user, I'd say it got much better in the last year or two. Before that it was kinda janky, but now it's fast and reliable on Windows to the point where I trust it as much as Dropbox (occasionally I use it too).

It's also the only cloud storage provider that allows you to have files-on-demand feature on free tier account on Mac OS. Others (Dropbox and Google Drive) only enable it at on Terabyte plans.

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Post by [deleted] »

rurp wrote: post #137
severaldayz wrote: post #113

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I've never heard this before. Is there any evidence (not speculation) that this is true?

Is there any proof that Google does not? Scanning user's private data to target them with ads is the primary reason Google offers services. Absent other evidence, the default assumption should be that Google scans as much data as they can.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

giarc wrote: post #196
elamje wrote: post #96

Check out https://send.firefox.com

I've used that a few times to send myself files. I like the option to set max downloads. However, the dropbox option seems to add the custom logo option which is kind of cool for SMBs.

Firefox Send is open source, so you could brand it yourself if you want to self-host. Dropbox wins if you want to provide a payment method and let someone else deal with running it though.

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Post by philliphaydon »

basch wrote: post #65
tbarbugli wrote: post #55

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I have the same feeling, OneDrive is garbage compared to Dropbox, insanely slow and terrible UIX and yet it is widely used. Classic platform move, bundle X with Office and it will be used by millions. Edit: I use Google Drive because of Google docs. sigh

how often have you used OneDrive lately? Which onedrive, the web interface, or the desktop sync client, or the mobile app?

I doubt very much. The OneDrive has had a better website than Dropbox since it was called SkyDrive. Dropbox used to have a better desktop client but I would say they are on par now.

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Post by pier25 »

puranjay wrote: post #48

I do music production as a side hobby. Virtually all the producers and studios I've worked with use WeTransfer. It's fast, efficient, and free. I can't see any reason to switch.

I've been using WeTransfer for years. It's great.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by pier25 »

sidcool wrote: post #36

100 GB is a great value proposition. Is it E2E encrypted?

Probably not since AFAIK Dropbox uses deltas to transfer file changes. It's entirely possible they worked on a totally new tech for this, but I doubt it.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by pier25 »

deith wrote: post #4

Why so many animations, pastel colours, big fonts? Is this a service aimed at children?

Dropbox did a design facelift a couple of years ago and everyone on the internet hated it. It was a big thing when it happened.

It think they have moderated it gradually and come back to their blue/white/black branding.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by dannyw »

wilde wrote: post #136
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #11

"try for free" - can't see what the pricing for this is anywhere. Does it require Dropbox plus?

Size appears to depend on plan: https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/dropbox-transfe... Basic (free): 100MB Plus: 2GB Professional: 100GB Business Standard: 2GB Business Advanced, Enterprise, or Education: 100GB

Wetransfer offers 2GB.
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