There's syncthing now, no need for dropbox.
Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
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Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
#172I really wish mobile OSes would allow you to grant apps permissions but serve fake data, (that's important!) without giving the app the ability to tell the difference. Just so it appears to the app that you've given the permission, when you in fact have not. This would solve this entire class of problems and then some. So, for example: - App "has" access to contacts, but the system returns that you have none. - App "…
"Sign in with Apple" kind of has something like this. It can give the application a randomly generated email address that acts as a forwarding address. The application never receives my real email address.
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#173Hmm. My Dropbox Pro subscription renewal is coming up. Is there an alternative to Dropbox that isn't iCloud or Google Drive? I would like to pay for Tarsnap but I don't understand 250 picodollars / byte-month.
I just live with a NAS in my house, which syncs to S3.
Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
#174I really wish mobile OSes would allow you to grant apps permissions but serve fake data, (that's important!) without giving the app the ability to tell the difference. Just so it appears to the app that you've given the permission, when you in fact have not. This would solve this entire class of problems and then some. So, for example: - App "has" access to contacts, but the system returns that you have none. - App "…
Although it’ll never happen a cool idea would be to serve trap addresses and phone numbers so the developer can receive an instant ban if spam ends up on these addresses
This is an awesome idea.
Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
Me too. I buy a domain and setup a forward-all email server. For example, github@mydomain.dev for github. With a password manager, I won't confused at login. And most importantly, use fb@mydomain.dev at Facebook since I will see AD on Facebook about what I just browsed on another shopping site with the same email account.
"Facebook container" can be useful here
Facebook AD can target user by email /phone number:
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/170456843145568?id=24...
Container is not work in this case. But I use it too, it is useful on prevent me being tracked on random website.
Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
#176Am I the only one infinitely annoyed by dropbox hiding the download button in a context menu?!
Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes wtf, I'm already paying and trying to watch a series I enjoy, stop pestering me. Just one of many dark patterns at Amazon, cancelling Prime is so difficult that Norwegan Consumer Council and 15 others yesterday started a legal fight with Amazon: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/amazon-manipulates-... The video there is quite aggravating.
As if that wasn't enough, the full complaint shows that after all that scrolling and clicking (I lost count), an email is sent with a big yellow button, and the website starts showing the same button, "Continue your membership", which re-subscribes with a single click .
Anyone who thinks charging a user $99 with a single click and no explanation near the button should be sent to UX jail (where the only way to get food is to come up with a grep command the warden needs to find part of a street address).
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Ads on Amazon Prime are infuriating. And I can't help think how annoying it must be for people with disabilities. My other bugbear are the auto playing videos on Netflix and the use of massive spoilers in episode thumbnails. As a single consumer in a vast ocean I don't think my opinions will ever be listened to. Right now it's worth putting up with this crap as the benefits outweigh the cost but if it gets any worse…
> My other bugbear are the auto playing videos on Netflix and the use of massive spoilers in episode thumbnails. You can actually turn off "Autoplay previews" now. You have to log into your account from a web browser, and then look at the Playback settings for the profile you want to change.
What you still can’t turn off AFAIK is the video starting to play in the background if you go to the “more info” menu. At least on the Android TV app.
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
Although it’ll never happen a cool idea would be to serve trap addresses and phone numbers so the developer can receive an instant ban if spam ends up on these addresses
This would, of course, be immediately abused to ban competitors' apps.
You would serve a different trap address to each app, nobody but Dropbox would have the Dropbox trap.
Re: Tell HN: Dropbox now requires access to contacts for Google login
#180I was told a story about the Dropbox sales team a while back that swore me off using them. They contacted the company I worked at, that didn't have a business contract with Dropbox, offering a great deal and a meeting was quickly arranged. The meeting (which I only heard about secondhand from a good friend) quickly turned into a strong-arm operation.
Dropbox had 'detected' that employees at our company were using Dropbox and it would be unfortunate if their stored files were no longer available and it would be in our best interest to sign up for a business account or we might legally be in breach of some terms of service. Some detective work later it was determined that people had been signed in to Dropbox from company machines, but there were no accounts opened with a company email and nothing business related was being synced. All Dropbox binaries and network connections have been blocked since.