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Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by wwwwwwwwww »

EC1 wrote: post #17
swanson wrote: post #2

In 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 finally convinced some sucker to buy our worthless revenue-less startup for a trillion dollars. See you in vegas!"

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by sidcool »

calinet6 wrote: post #68
sidcool wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They worked hard for that, didn't they?

I'm tired of this "they worked hard for that" BS with acqui-hires and shutdowns. Yeah, sure, they worked hard, but in the end they get a big fat F for the end result. Services don't last forever, but I'm not gonna congratulate someone who runs around in circles for 3 years purporting to deliver a product of value, and then gives up when offered a better deal for themselves. They didn't build a product, they built a n…

Yes, may be this project/product was a step towards a bigger aim they had. May be they wanted to build a SpaceX and started small to gain experience, capital and contacts.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by sidcool »

paulbaumgart wrote: post #86
calinet6 wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm tired of this "they worked hard for that" BS with acqui-hires and shutdowns. Yeah, sure, they worked hard, but in the end they get a big fat F for the end result. Services don't last forever, but I'm not gonna congratulate someone who runs around in circles for 3 years purporting to deliver a product of value, and then gives up when offered a better deal for themselves. They didn't build a product, they built a n…

They proved that they can build products. That makes them very valuable to companies with more money than time. It's a significant career success, if perhaps not quite a business success. And we can congratulate them for that.

I fully agree, may be the HackPad team wanted an exit and wanted to retire and spend all their earned money to live a hedonistic life. What's wrong with that?

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by TeMPOraL »

kylec wrote: post #44

This is really disappointing. I have been a paying Loom member since shortly after the service was released, it's too bad it wasn't enough to keep it an independent company. After DivvyShot, Everpix, Snapjoy, and now Loom, I don't think I can trust another photo management startup again.

We keep being taught the same lesson, day after day, and we never learn, but I think it's time to put this explicitly.

Startups like this are lying to us, straight in the face. Simple as that. And we believe the bullshit they say every time. It's written so almost explicitly in the startup "literature". Growth. They are not building real products that are supposed to solve problems for people, they build make-believe products that are supposed to lure people in. Because that's how you prove your worth these days - by number of users you can get on board.

I apologize if I hurt someone who doesn't start the company just in order to bullshit his/her way to acquihire year or two later. Maybe you're honestly building a real product to solve real problems and you actually care about your users. But then again, to quote Nick Fury, "things like this give me trust issues".

I'm still waiting for someone to solve the "punching through the Internet" problem. This way I could express what I really feel, as a user, about taking "a toast" for the "next chapter" of your "immensely exciting journey".

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by 1ris »

paulbaumgart wrote: post #86
calinet6 wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm tired of this "they worked hard for that" BS with acqui-hires and shutdowns. Yeah, sure, they worked hard, but in the end they get a big fat F for the end result. Services don't last forever, but I'm not gonna congratulate someone who runs around in circles for 3 years purporting to deliver a product of value, and then gives up when offered a better deal for themselves. They didn't build a product, they built a n…

They proved that they can build products. That makes them very valuable to companies with more money than time. It's a significant career success, if perhaps not quite a business success. And we can congratulate them for that.

It's like you worked hard, and then somebody pays you to stop trying.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by akumen »

mikejarema wrote: post #31
akumen wrote: post #28

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I just save everything to Amazon Glacier that's not the current year. Current year + library files are dumped into S3 ... rinse and repeat. For photos, I am using Adobe Lightroom and organize files into folders by year/month/day/subject during import. Edited GoPro videos go to YouTube etc and originals/edits straight to Glacier. This takes a bit of effort to set up but works great great.

Would you be open to sharing numbers here? For example how much data you're storing on Glacier/S3, monthly data transfer and monthly costs to you?

Sure.

I have roughly 600GB stored on Glacier and around 50 GB on S3 so far this year.

I am yet to spend more than $10/month.

Wait, you say, Google Drive is 9.99 for 1T!

True, I say, but on AWS you only pay for what you use. So you will realize real saving once you push past your first 1T in cumulative storage.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by jmnicolas »

kylec wrote: post #44

This is really disappointing. I have been a paying Loom member since shortly after the service was released, it's too bad it wasn't enough to keep it an independent company. After DivvyShot, Everpix, Snapjoy, and now Loom, I don't think I can trust another photo management startup again.

You pay the price for being an early adopter. I never even heard of Loom before this news ...

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by sp332 »

ukd1 wrote: post #121
slaven wrote: post #83

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And the on-boarding process was so painful - it took me weeks to load up ALL my photos onto Everpix. After they failed, I signed up with Loom and again it took over a month for it all to upload. I feel sad as I don't envy the next startup that tries to "solve" this very real problem.

I think they're going to migrate you seamlessly to dropbox, so no worries there.

It doesn't look very seamless. If you had a Loom account, you don't automatically get a Dropbox account. You have to make a dropbox account and then link the account to "import" your photos. I guess you can put your photos into Dropbox's "Carousel" but none of this happens automatically.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by sp332 »

subpixel wrote: post #38

Crap. I bought a year of Loom for precisely the reason that I do not want my photos taking up space on my drive. Now I have to explain to my extended family why all the confusion they put up with setting things up was for naught.

Did you know that you can configure Dropbox to only sync certain folders? It's called "Selective Sync" in the settings. Just uncheck your photos folder, and it will keep all your files in the cloud and not on your drive. You can still get to them from Dropbox's web interface.
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