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Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#21

I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.

Never used any of these services... because I had never heard of them until now. Honest truth.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#22
post #9

Interesting that Loom was less expensive than Dropbox, even with the value add photo stuff.

For those interested in comparing, here are the respective pricing pages for each: https://loom.com/plans https://www.dropbox.com/upgrade (consumer plans)

I suppose it's not a huge difference, other than Loom having a 50 GB plan and Dropbox not having one.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#23
I was considering signing up for Loom a while ago. It was great value prop for a problem that pretty much everyone runs into eventually. However, there were a few red flags that made me think they were going to go the way of Everpix. Good to see they didn't completely shut down, but I'm also glad I didn't bother spending time with them.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#24
post #20

I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.

I'd just finished getting set up on Everpix & syncing everything I have when they announced it was going to close down. It's a shame - it was the most impressive option I'd seen so far. It's definitely makes me think twice about which service I use next.

I've got a pretty big Aperture library, so it will take a long time to sync everything. Loom offered a Aperture import feature, so I was toying with trying them out.

Now I don't know what to do.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#26
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, what else are you going to write?

"We are sooooo filthy rich now. So long suckers!" I'd be more honest =)

Except they're probably not... Not all the acquisitions of this sort are "you're filthy rich now", especially after dilution, taxes, and plain old time.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#27
post #20

I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.

I'd just finished getting set up on Everpix & syncing everything I have when they announced it was going to close down. It's a shame - it was the most impressive option I'd seen so far. It's definitely makes me think twice about which service I use next.

People seem to have loved the Everpix offering, but the business reality behind it wasn't as attractive:

http://research.ivanplenty.com/2014-economics-everpix-shutdo...

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

#28
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd just finished getting set up on Everpix & syncing everything I have when they announced it was going to close down. It's a shame - it was the most impressive option I'd seen so far. It's definitely makes me think twice about which service I use next.

I've got a pretty big Aperture library, so it will take a long time to sync everything. Loom offered a Aperture import feature, so I was toying with trying them out. Now I don't know what to do.

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.

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