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Re: Dropbox Transfer

#131

Post by ec109685 »

Strom wrote: post #99
rhodysurf wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had this happen recently. Our photographer from our wedding shared the photos on dropbox but we couldnt see them because we didnt have dropbox pro and the folder was over the free size limit! Why does it matter how much space I have if someone else is sharing them with me?!?!

It's not about your space, it's about your payment. If someone like a pro photographer shares their stuff with clients all the time, then their dropbox subscription won't necessarily cover all of that bandwidth. [1] Companies like dropbox only mention bandwidth in fine print or buried somewhere deep in the FAQ, but bandwidth is a key resource that every dropbox user consumes and dropbox has to pay for. -- [1] It migh…

I wonder what their ratio of ingress to egress bandwidth is. I would assume most people write more than they read from the service or does Dropbox actively push any changes to all devices?

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#132

Post by [deleted] »

Causality1 wrote: post #92

I'm done with Dropbox. I spent years preaching the Dropbox gospel to my family and friends. When Dropbox decided to fuck their free users by limiting them to three devices I got over a dozen pissed-off phonecalls blaming me.

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Re: Dropbox Transfer

#133

Post by joeblau »

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.

+1 to supporting markdown although I feel like comments would get kinda crazy looking if there was more than just emphasis and

  code
formatting.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#134

Post by [deleted] »

Causality1 wrote: post #92

I'm done with Dropbox. I spent years preaching the Dropbox gospel to my family and friends. When Dropbox decided to fuck their free users by limiting them to three devices I got over a dozen pissed-off phonecalls blaming me.

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Re: Dropbox Transfer

#135

Post by joeblau »

puranjay wrote: post #48

I do music production as a side hobby. Virtually all the producers and studios I've worked with use WeTransfer. It's fast, efficient, and free. I can't see any reason to switch.

Thanks for commenting on your use case. I primarily do software engineering and outside of sending large machine learning data sets, I couldn't think of a personal reason to use this.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#136

Post by wilde »

mcjiggerlog wrote: post #11

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

Size appears to depend on plan: https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/dropbox-transfe...

Basic (free): 100MB Plus: 2GB Professional: 100GB Business Standard: 2GB Business Advanced, Enterprise, or Education: 100GB

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#137

Post by rurp »

severaldayz wrote: post #113
stjohnswarts wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But doesn't google scan the files and use them for advertising and profiling you? Yeah I know you can encrypt the data, but my point still stands for "regular" users.

I've never heard this before. Is there any evidence (not speculation) that this is true?

Is there any proof that Google does not? Scanning user's private data to target them with ads is the primary reason Google offers services. Absent other evidence, the default assumption should be that Google scans as much data as they can.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#138

Post by severaldayz »

rurp wrote: post #137
severaldayz wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never heard this before. Is there any evidence (not speculation) that this is true?

Is there any proof that Google does not? Scanning user's private data to target them with ads is the primary reason Google offers services. Absent other evidence, the default assumption should be that Google scans as much data as they can.

Proving absence of something is an unreasonable standard. Your answer does sound like "no, there is no such evidence" to my ears, though.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#139

Post by jonny_eh »

Strom wrote: post #99
rhodysurf wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had this happen recently. Our photographer from our wedding shared the photos on dropbox but we couldnt see them because we didnt have dropbox pro and the folder was over the free size limit! Why does it matter how much space I have if someone else is sharing them with me?!?!

It's not about your space, it's about your payment. If someone like a pro photographer shares their stuff with clients all the time, then their dropbox subscription won't necessarily cover all of that bandwidth. [1] Companies like dropbox only mention bandwidth in fine print or buried somewhere deep in the FAQ, but bandwidth is a key resource that every dropbox user consumes and dropbox has to pay for. -- [1] It migh…

If it's the bandwidth that's so important, why isn't Dropbox charging the receiver for Dropox Transfer files?

The postal system solved this problem ages ago, you charge the sender postage. Done.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

#140

Post by puranjay »

joeblau wrote: post #135
puranjay wrote: post #48

I do music production as a side hobby. Virtually all the producers and studios I've worked with use WeTransfer. It's fast, efficient, and free. I can't see any reason to switch.

Thanks for commenting on your use case. I primarily do software engineering and outside of sending large machine learning data sets, I couldn't think of a personal reason to use this.

WeTransfer's users are localized in the creative fields. Their website even features and promotes new artists and musicians.

It's massively useful when you want to send a track (which can often run into hundreds of MB even after compression) to another producer or audio engineer

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