What about Snapjoy? This is not the first photo related sight that Dropbox has picked up. So far I have not been impressed with Dropbox's photo efforts. Why should we think this will be different?
Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
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Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#12congrats to the entire Loom team
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#13It's Dropbox startupageddon today or something:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7604809
Also:
http://recode.net/2014/04/17/as-it-becomes-an-app-platform-d...
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#14I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#15Interesting that Loom was less expensive than Dropbox, even with the value add photo stuff.
For those interested in comparing, here are the respective pricing pages for each:
https://www.dropbox.com/upgrade (consumer plans)
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#16The other day when Carousel was announced, loom was mentioned in a hn thread as a competing service. It's offering was certainly compelling in many ways, and had me weighing switching. If I didn't have such a giant library, I probably would have on the spot. Now, in a way, I'm thankful I don't have to, and I hope they integrate the positives that loom had over Dropbox/Carousel. This is the first acquisition I've read about in a while that has me excited as a user.
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#17In case you're playing the Acquisition Post Drinking Game: "It’s been a long road and we feel that we have come a long way in solving this problem. We are elated to announce the next step in this journey" "It’s been an immensely exciting journey and we are humbled by the support we received along the way." http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
Honestly, what else are you going to write?
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#18The other day when Carousel was announced, loom was mentioned in a hn thread as a competing service. It's offering was certainly compelling in many ways, and had me weighing switching. If I didn't have such a giant library, I probably would have on the spot. Now, in a way, I'm thankful I don't have to, and I hope they integrate the positives that loom had over Dropbox/Carousel. This is the first acquisition I've read…
Do you find Dropbox works for you with a giant library?
I have ~1.5Tb of photos at this point, which seems too big for any of their accounts.
How do you have it set up?
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#19In case you're playing the Acquisition Post Drinking Game: "It’s been a long road and we feel that we have come a long way in solving this problem. We are elated to announce the next step in this journey" "It’s been an immensely exciting journey and we are humbled by the support we received along the way." http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
Honestly, what else are you going to write?
"We are sooooo filthy rich now. So long suckers!"
I'd be more honest =)
Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)
#20I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.
I'd just finished getting set up on Everpix & syncing everything I have when they announced it was going to close down. It's a shame - it was the most impressive option I'd seen so far.
It's definitely makes me think twice about which service I use next.