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Is there any reason to use dropbox over onedrive? This feature has been in onedrive I believe since Windows 10 release? (Also onedrive has linux clients too so- I use it on Linux itself and the linux client by abraunegg supports this)
The most requested feature, to allow a file or folder to be ignored by Dropbox sync without using selective sync is finally in beta. The community requested a .dropboxignore file but they chose another solution which I’m sure is reasonable for making the feature more user friendly to non-devs. This will be immensely helpful for node_modules or build target directories.
Who needs a VCS when you could just use Dropbox?
Genuine question, why do people here use Dropbox or box when Google drive is far superior?
Is there any reason to use dropbox over onedrive? This feature has been in onedrive I believe since Windows 10 release? (Also onedrive has linux clients too so- I use it on Linux itself and the linux client by abraunegg supports this)
But there is a huge gap between official linux support by Dropbox and a thrid-party app.
In my experience, Dropbox's syncing experience is generally superior than the others, especially when it comes to file stability. Its history and time machine feature (or folder rewind) is so great.
Genuine question, why do people here use Dropbox or box when Google drive is far superior?
I also prefer buying services from companies whose only purpose is solving the problem I'm having.
The bigger a company gets, I feel like, the more their "we do everything" becomes untrustworthy.
I'd bet it is more unlikely that Dropbox will pivot from their main file sync product than Drive's breaking a functionality I depend on.
Is there any reason to use dropbox over onedrive? This feature has been in onedrive I believe since Windows 10 release? (Also onedrive has linux clients too so- I use it on Linux itself and the linux client by abraunegg supports this)
Genuine question, why do people here use Dropbox or box when Google drive is far superior?
Genuine answer: because it is not superior, certainly not “far superior” and it’s a Google “I’ll probably kill you tomorrow.” product made by a company whose ethics I no longer trust (Google).
I constantly hear about people breaking ToS on one of many Google services and having them all instantly disabled, no warning (usually losing mail email account).
The most requested feature, to allow a file or folder to be ignored by Dropbox sync without using selective sync is finally in beta. The community requested a .dropboxignore file but they chose another solution which I’m sure is reasonable for making the feature more user friendly to non-devs. This will be immensely helpful for node_modules or build target directories.
But this begs the question: why would the "ignore file/folder" feature itself be useful to non-devs?
Interesting. It's the first time for me to see a use of file attributes in Linux. What are the common use cases of file attributes? Also, I just notice that every files in Dropbox folder has com.dropbox.attributes key with unreadable binary value. Does anyone have an idea about this field?