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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 cmelbye »

SixSigma wrote: post #78
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.

My virtual server costs $200 per year and has 50gb of virtual disk space. I can run whatever I like. What does buying saas really give me that a whole server doesn't? Obviously one needs to be a Unix hacker to make it do anything but I've got that covered.

You are not the target market for Loom. It makes no sense to ask why you'd pay for Loom over a VPS because they're not going after people who know what a VPS is. They're going after your mom, grandma, etc.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by ukd1 »

sp332 wrote: post #139
ukd1 wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I've actually just done it - it was seemless (though, as you mentioned I had a dropbox account). I clicked the link, read the page, signed in to loom and then authed loom->dropbox. Process started instantly and photos started showing up! Plus now I have 0.5T on dropbox.

It's by far the cleanest sunset I've ever used.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by subdane »

innonate wrote: post #110
subdane wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if it's possible to do an AMA or something here? There's clearly a market need and a lot of folks have felt burned. I bet HN would be interested to know that you taught yourself to code and have been one of the main devs on Picturelife.

I would love to do an AMA sometime. To be honest, I've just been a long-time lurker on HN (6.7 years a member!), but I sorta wouldn't know the best way/time to go about doing one. Any tips?

If you write a blog post about the state of photo storage and post it back here it could spark the right dialog?

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by subpixel »

sp332 wrote: post #140
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.

I did not. Judging from the upvotes my bitter comment got, it may not be a well known feature. I'm about to test it out.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by inklesspen »

Since paying Dropbox is not an acceptable solution for me, I've asked Loom to refund the money I paid them (perhaps foolishly, I signed up for the $50-per-year plan and paid up front).

So far, they've refused: "Thanks for writing and we appreciate your position. Unfortunately, I am very sorry but I cannot offer you a refund at this time."

This is very disappointing.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by calinet6 »

bentcorner wrote: post #105
zheshishei wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it's time to go back to standalone desktop apps?

Selfhosting isn't out of the question. Maybe there's a middle ground? If someone provided me with a VPS but made it really easy to self-host applications from a curated list, I'd be all over that.

Self-hosted auto-updated service nodes, that run on your own cloud-connected server. All your data, your encryption, your permissions, everything.

Then you connect to your services via any thin client (just thumbprint on any terminal anywhere and you're logged in). Any screen, any device, anywhere.

Someday.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by namenotrequired »

anon808 wrote: post #85

I see that dropbox (a YC portfolio co) bought 2 other YC portfolio cos. I know it's a stretch, but does YC actively pitch smaller portfolio companies to their more successful portfolio companies? Keep the cash in the family.

It might simply show the usefulness of the YC alum network, which I've heard nothing but praise for.
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