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Re: Dropbox Transfer

#101

Post by criddell »

Hamuko wrote: post #22
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #11

"try for free" - can't see what the pricing for this is anywhere. Does it require Dropbox plus?

I'm having issues not using Dropbox Plus even for the basic service after they limited the free version to three devices or less. Can't have a phone, two laptops and a desktop machine using the same account. Feels like they're really trying to push people to upgrade.

I would pay for a personal or home version of Dropbox. The business plans start at $150 / year which is way too much for what I use it for.

Give me the free plan and charge me $12 / year / device to unlock additional devices. I want to use it on my desktop, iPad, phone, and laptop.

OneDrive is interesting but Dropbox is a far more common datastore for apps on my phone and iPad.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#102

Post by gravitas »

Collected alternatives from the comments here:

https://wetransfer.com/

https://swisstransfer.com/

https://transfer.midrive.io/

https://send.firefox.com/

https://transfer.sh/

ps: I really wish HN supported basic markdown so we can make bullet lists and other simple formatting controls, nothing wild like citation/footnote support just the top 5-10 markups. Trying to make a list of URLs to share looks like ass here.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#103

Post by gist »

GordonS wrote: post #52
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #11

"try for free" - can't see what the pricing for this is anywhere. Does it require Dropbox plus?

Arg, these kind of landing pages drive me nuts ! They all follow the same pattern: introduce a paid-for product, tell you a bit about it, then give you a link to try it for free - OK, but then how much is it actually going to cost!! Sorry for the rant, but there are just so many landing pages using this dark pattern, and I'm absolutely sick of it.

Yes also from that landing page you can't go anywhere or have any info on dropbox and who they are or what other products they offer. [1]

[1] My aunt does not know who dropbox is or what they do. My accountant might not either.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#104

Post by dddw »

johnchristopher wrote: post #66
kmlx wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

same. first time i'm hearing of firefox send. is this something new that mozilla is offering?

Came out in march. Easy to install on a $5 droplet or a VPS. Dropbox and wetransfer/send don't serve the same needs and don't offer the same experience. I could see Dropbox getting back into the office with that tool, they have a brand to capitalize on after all, if they drop the mandatory login.

? elaborate plz. you don't need a droplet to use ff send

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#105

Post by narsil »

silviogutierrez wrote: post #45
tyingq wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect the bundled OneDrive in Office365 is hurting them. Dropbox is better, but hard to justify if you already have something that's good enough.

100%. I shut down DropBox at last $dayjob (mid-size) after piloting OneDrive. Saved tens of thousands a year. OneDrive was inferior, no doubt, but good enough. And will only become better. More importantly, I cannot imagine anyone building better integration with Office (live editing) than the actual Office company.

> integration with Office (live editing)

The protocol is actually available for any cloud storage vendor to work with: https://wopi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Landing page: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/cloud-storage-p...

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#106

Post by gist »

gravitas wrote: post #102

Collected alternatives from the comments here: https://wetransfer.com/ https://swisstransfer.com/ https://transfer.midrive.io/ https://send.firefox.com/ https://transfer.sh/ ps: I really wish HN supported basic markdown so we can make bullet lists and other simple formatting controls, nothing wild like citation/footnote support just the top 5-10 markups. Trying to make a list of URLs to share looks like ass here.

I like the idea of summaries (like you did) and wish HN would figure a way to do this also for points that people make in comments. Even if not same day or later.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#107

Post by Hamuko »

criddell wrote: post #101
Hamuko wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm having issues not using Dropbox Plus even for the basic service after they limited the free version to three devices or less. Can't have a phone, two laptops and a desktop machine using the same account. Feels like they're really trying to push people to upgrade.

I would pay for a personal or home version of Dropbox. The business plans start at $150 / year which is way too much for what I use it for. Give me the free plan and charge me $12 / year / device to unlock additional devices. I want to use it on my desktop, iPad, phone, and laptop. OneDrive is interesting but Dropbox is a far more common datastore for apps on my phone and iPad.

There is a personal version (2 TB) of Dropbox, but it costs €120 per year.

Meanwhile the cheapest Google Drive plan (100 GB) is €20 per year, cheapest iCloud plan (50 GB) is €12 per year and the chepest OneDrive plan (100 GB) is €24 per year. There's also Nextcloud, which you can host yourself or pay someone like Hetzner to host you an instance (€43 per year for 100 GB).

I don't think the value proposition of the personal Dropbox plan is actually that good compared to really any of the competitors. Most individual Dropbox users probably don't need 2 TB storage or any of the other fancy features being advertised. I think I'm personally under 20 GB after all these years of Dropbox usage.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#108

Post by settsu »

cpach wrote: post #91
ant6n wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or share one account with your wife.

Not entirely unreasonable but might still not be convenient or desirable for them. Even married couples might not want to share everything with each other.

2 individual free accounts + 1 shared paid account?

It's a solution not without compromise in terms of management and accounting but does achieve an outcome that would fit the apparent need.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#109

Post by narsil »

newscracker wrote: post #40
sidcool wrote: post #36

100 GB is a great value proposition. Is it E2E encrypted?

I doubt it would be. Dropbox’s model for file storage has always been to encrypt the data with its own key on the server.

.. and to also de-duplicate files across users to avoid repeatedly storing the same file.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#110

Post by Xylakant »

jorvi wrote: post #88
Xylakant wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would have loved to use Dropbox, since they have a proper official Linux client. However, it’s impossible to have multiple Dropbox accounts sync to a single user on a computer (1). “Better” is relative to what you need. (1) exception: you can have one personal and one business account

You can use Maestral[0] for that! [0] https://github.com/SamSchott/maestral-dropbox

Cool, then I’m back to unofficial clients. And stuck without windows support. I appreciate the effort, though.
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