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Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by ents »

SilverRed wrote: post #30
arthurcolle wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

New Age neo-hypertext document type (proprietary, of course) that supports collaboration using the Dropbox™ suite of services

So a competitor to google docs / office?

Theoretically. I don't know a single person that uses it.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by quink »

SilverRed wrote: post #10
sylens wrote: post #7

I was a very early Dropbox adopter but eventually switched to OneDrive a few years back because they bundled Office 365 with 1 TB of storage. I just went and looked at the official Dropbox plans to see if there was a family plan similar to the 5 users I get with Office 365/OneDrive...and found their plan/pricing page overwhelming. There's rows upon rows of features to compare across versions like "Traffic and Insight…

Similar experience. I pay for the 100GB Google one plan which comes with the excellent google photos service and I went to see what dropbox offers and found their cheapest plan was extremely expensive comparatively and they offer less features. I'm just not sure how they even compete at this point when they do the same thing as every other cloud storage product but cost more. And you even have to pay extra for family…

I have no idea how I managed it as it was a long time ago, but I'm on exactly the plan that _everybody_ is crying out for. It might have been the result of some A-B test for all I know. I can't see any reference to it on any website, but it's 100 GB with reasonable annual pricing:

https://i.imgur.com/uTH75ex.png

It comes with Dropbox Paper, etc. Also, Dropbox, if you're reading this and are thinking about taking it away from me I'm switching to OneDrive immediately, I'm already paying for Office 365 anyway.

Also, more proof: https://i.imgur.com/BThdxTD.png

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by homero »

sylens wrote: post #7

I was a very early Dropbox adopter but eventually switched to OneDrive a few years back because they bundled Office 365 with 1 TB of storage. I just went and looked at the official Dropbox plans to see if there was a family plan similar to the 5 users I get with Office 365/OneDrive...and found their plan/pricing page overwhelming. There's rows upon rows of features to compare across versions like "Traffic and Insight…

I left too for that reason

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by stirlo »

lancesells wrote: post #17
m-p-3 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, Google has a kind of pricing gap. You can either get 200GB for $CAD40/yr, and the next storage option is 2TB for $CAD140/yr. Nothing in between..

Apple has the same kind of gap with iCloud.

This is one of the most frustrating things about being invested in the Apple ecosystem. I've hit the 200gb limit and I'll be damned if I'll pay 330% more for storage that I don't need. Instead I'm deleting my oldest photos from iCloud and moving them over to OneDrive.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by killingtime74 »

refulgentis wrote: post #12
elwesties wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would make that tradeoff in a second.

Nonsense. You're saying you'd prefer shaving 125 Mbps off your Internet connection over 60 MB of your 8+ GB of RAM.

I’m on gigabit fibre, yes

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by q-rews »

Seattle3503 wrote: post #34
tra3 wrote: post #13

I wonder what's stopping dropbox from revoking their API tokens. Isn't this competing directly with the "official" clients?

What does Dropbox gain here?

Companies bundle everything into their flagship product to force everyone to use it. Direct API access means Dropbox can’t advertise either. Ask Twitter what they think about that.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by jazzyjackson »

Would be cool to get around a limitation of Dropbox's native client: filenames with emojis (and other utf8 I assume) won't upload. If their filesystem doesn't like utf8, maybe the client could convert the offending filenames to base64 or punycode, and convert filenames back from the cloud... maybe I can find a place in the code to try this out, thanks for open sourcing. I notice you're using type hints in python and I've been wanting to learn more about that, would love to hear what toolchain is hip these days.

Re: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support

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Post by temp8964 »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #24
sylens wrote: post #7

I was a very early Dropbox adopter but eventually switched to OneDrive a few years back because they bundled Office 365 with 1 TB of storage. I just went and looked at the official Dropbox plans to see if there was a family plan similar to the 5 users I get with Office 365/OneDrive...and found their plan/pricing page overwhelming. There's rows upon rows of features to compare across versions like "Traffic and Insight…

Dropbox always feels like it peaked early and has steadily gotten worse as they try to add more and more features to it. > I feel like they are missing the mark when it comes to marketing to consumers here. I get the impression they're relying on name recognition and first mover advantage to keep the simple users flowing in, while all of the extra features and GUI fluff are built out to attract some other audience th…

My impression is that they totally gave up the customer market and focused on the business market long ago. So I gave up on them too.
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