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Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by TeMPOraL »

brazzy wrote: post #179
TeMPOraL wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> or does Dropbox actively push any changes to all devices? I may be misunderstanding your question, but it seems to me that this is literally the whole point of the service. Dropbox is a folder that syncs. You change something on one device (one write), it updates everywhere (multiple reads). They do have some tricks to lower their bandwidth usage. AFAIR, if multiple devices are in the same LAN, only one gets synced…

The mobile clients only show you what's there and download on demand, at least that's the default.

But it doesn't integrate with the file system. On the desktop (at least on Windows), you still have a regular folder that syncs, full of folders regular files that sync - except now, you can make some of those files and folders to only look real, but actually store no data on the drive itself, and transparently fetch it when needed. It integrates completely seamlessly with all the other software you use on the machine.

(I think a good Linux analogy would be FUSE, things like sshfs.)

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by SmartJerry »

mcjiggerlog wrote: post #11

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

Leaving the link open for more than 7 days requires PRO and if you want to password protect the link you also need PRO. Pretty stupid in my eyes that that doesn't come with it.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by istillwritecode »

dtech wrote: post #169
istillwritecode wrote: post #157

I dropped my paid Dropbox account when they instituted "two factor authentication" because it broke the use case of file transfer between trusted parties using a single account. Now I'm going to drop my OneDrive account for the same reason.

You can also share the MFA private key if you really want to, and it's excellent security for 99,999999% of the use cases otherwise. Or just use 2 accounts and share the file...

I don't use MFA because it requires me to provide a phone number. SMS is not a reliable authentication method anyway - it's only an improvement for people who can't manage passwords.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by laurentdc »

dtech wrote: post #170
laurentdc wrote: post #68

100 GB only in the Professional plan though ($19.99/mo)

Where do you get this from? Their pricing page [1] lists a plus plan for €120/year and 2TB or a €200/year professional plan in my region [1] https://www.dropbox.com/plus

Here: https://www.dropbox.com/buy

Plus: Send files up to 2 GB with Dropbox Transfer

Professional: Send files up to 100 GB with Dropbox Transfer, including additional customization options

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by wilhil »

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…

What about P2P transfers...

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by webo »

anderspitman wrote: post #177
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.

Might also consider https://file.pizza for p2p transfers. And my own service https://patchbay.pub . Or fibridge [0] if you want to self host. The main advantage of patchbay and fibridge over other solutions I've seen is they support range requests, so you can do things like streaming and resumable transfers. [0] https://github.com/anderspitman/fibridge-proxy-rs

I remember when file.pizza was first released. Glad to see it’s still being actively hosted.

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by kiza »

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've been building a list[1] of file transfer tools with their perks, there's a few new ones from this thread that I will add.

I used to run a transfer service myself but it wasn't up to scratch with the competition and it was costing me money so I decided to aggregate them instead.

-- [1] https://fastest.fish/

Re: Dropbox Transfer

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Post by [deleted] »

rurp wrote: post #175
severaldayz wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I guess I wasn't clear. I had something in mind like a public statement from Google saying that they do not scan a particular set of data. I would accept that as evidence. Absent a statement from them either way, I assume they read whatever is uploaded to their servers.

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