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I love how Dropbox has a client for both Windows and Ubuntu. I use it all the time. That said, I wouldn't pay for this service.
In my opinion, that's a pretty shallow statement to make considering your usage and the amount of time that has gone into such sweet product. I'm a little sick of the whole freemium mentality TBH. Maybe I'm missing something re: the 'long tail' that very few ever reach.
I love how Dropbox has a client for both Windows and Ubuntu. I use it all the time. That said, I wouldn't pay for this service.
I will pay for the service, but only after I've exhausted my X free gigabytes. I'm extending that as far as I can by referring people, and thus getting 250MB more free space for each referral. If you haven't signed up yet, use my referral link, and you'll get 250MB extra free too :-) https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTQ4MjgzNjk PS: Thanks to whoever did use the link :-) I now have 4.5GB :-)
Thanks everyone!
(PS: The limit is 5GB, so you should use someone else's referral link from now!)
There was a point where Dropbox was our very own SVN =)
If you have a solution to this problem, let us know... :)
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In my opinion, that's a pretty shallow statement to make considering your usage and the amount of time that has gone into such sweet product. I'm a little sick of the whole freemium mentality TBH. Maybe I'm missing something re: the 'long tail' that very few ever reach.
On what grounds is using a free service without paying for it something to be looked down upon?
An inherent part of the "freemium" model is the "free" bit. The point is to entice people in further. It's up to you the service offerer to make the pay service so compelling that people want to switch to it. It's completely wrongheaded to look at the people who aren't willing to pay and say they are the problem, or say or imply that they are leaching or ungrateful.
You are enticing people in, if you don't have what it takes to then transform them into paying customers, and you don't want to pay for their ongoing use, then perhaps you should switch to a free-trial instead of a free service.
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I will pay for the service, but only after I've exhausted my X free gigabytes. I'm extending that as far as I can by referring people, and thus getting 250MB more free space for each referral. If you haven't signed up yet, use my referral link, and you'll get 250MB extra free too :-) https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTQ4MjgzNjk PS: Thanks to whoever did use the link :-) I now have 4.5GB :-)
5GB... I'm impressed. I was at 3 GB this morning :-) Thanks everyone! (PS: The limit is 5GB, so you should use someone else's referral link from now!)
As much as I like DropBox, you have to take dl.getdropbox.com out of the equation to get an accurate comparison, because dl is used for sharing files with third parties and even hosting files on the web.
Does Dropbox ever check their bizdev email address? We've emailed them trying to partner, and our users would all be paying users. Guess they don't like revenue.
Really, your last sentence there is unnecessary.