Their actual reason is probably related to the arguments presented at http://www.drop-dropbox.com/
Unsure why "they" would not come out and say that.
Why we are leaving Dropbox
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Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#22It may be time to explain the "So What?" test of writing again. You should ask yourself that question any time you write an article. (Or give a talk, teach a lesson...) If you gave enough information, that should sound like a stupid question. But if it sounds like something that might reasonably be asked, you forgot to communicate something important. In this case, the big missing piece of data is what they will be u…
The title of the article was "4 reasons why we are leaving Dropbox" and not "10 alternatives to Dropbox", which would be an interesting, but totally different article on it's own. It is good to read about these issues, as these days many people think about moving from A to B in cloud storage.
Personally i moved all my storage, contacts and calendars over to a self-hosted owncloud instance, which i did not regret so far. But i'm not going to write an article about it ...
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#23It may be time to explain the "So What?" test of writing again. You should ask yourself that question any time you write an article. (Or give a talk, teach a lesson...) If you gave enough information, that should sound like a stupid question. But if it sounds like something that might reasonably be asked, you forgot to communicate something important. In this case, the big missing piece of data is what they will be u…
The title of the article was "4 reasons why we are leaving Dropbox" and not "10 alternatives to Dropbox", which would be an interesting, but totally different article on it's own. It is good to read about these issues, as these days many people think about moving from A to B in cloud storage. Personally i moved all my storage, contacts and calendars over to a self-hosted owncloud instance, which i did not regret so f…
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Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#24I've been using copy.com for a while and I'm quite happy with it. The main reason I chose it (at the time) was 20GB for free accounts, fair storage in shared folders and pricing (I have the 250GB account). (Disclaimer: this is a referral link that will give us 5gb https://copy.com?r=b2yUAQ ;-))
I too have been using Copy for years.
Let's not forget they have a working Linux client. Maybe things have changed since I last looked, but they were one of the few supporting Linux (both cli and gui).
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are you using it for? Are you part of a company that shares everything on Dropbox, and how often do you use it? I'm also a "happy" Dropbox customer -- but I'm part of a 3-person startup and we only share relatively small files and folders. This post (and numerous others) make me think it's time to move on when we grow the team.
I always wondered, why do small companies use Dropbox at all? A 1 TB NAS in RAID-1 by Synology or QNAP will cost you about 400 EUR (including VAT). That's about 9% of what the author of the article paid for some 700 GB in Dropbox. It will do everything that Dropbox does, except you can use standard protocols (SMB, AFS, WebDAV, whatever) and the data will not leave your company.
> and the data will not leave your company.
That is a two-edged sword. The data is also inaccessible outside of your company. There are ways to make it accessible outside the company (VPN, WebDAV over https), but they tend to be complex, fragile, and sometimes unworkable (see next).
> standard protocols (SMB, AFS, WebDAV, whatever)
Support for the standard file sharing protocols (SMB, NFS, I presume AFS, and WebDAV) sucks or doesn't exist on mobile devices.
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#26I expected to read the alternative solution you plan to use. Did i miss something?
I see only 3 alternatives anyway:
1/ Google Drive
2/ Box
3/ USB keys
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#27It may be time to explain the "So What?" test of writing again. You should ask yourself that question any time you write an article. (Or give a talk, teach a lesson...) If you gave enough information, that should sound like a stupid question. But if it sounds like something that might reasonably be asked, you forgot to communicate something important. In this case, the big missing piece of data is what they will be u…
"Dropbox sucks", with specific reasons why, is informative to me as a potential user.
Not sure "so what?" is a reasonable test anyway. If you're snarky enough, couldn't you ask that about any article at all?
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#28It may be time to explain the "So What?" test of writing again. You should ask yourself that question any time you write an article. (Or give a talk, teach a lesson...) If you gave enough information, that should sound like a stupid question. But if it sounds like something that might reasonably be asked, you forgot to communicate something important. In this case, the big missing piece of data is what they will be u…
I don't know for them, but for me I have moved to self hosting with good sync by BitTorrent sync. Then at least I do not send my data to somewhere else. It's time people start to understand they are responsible for their own stuff, and third parties will never be.
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#29Their actual reason is probably related to the arguments presented at http://www.drop-dropbox.com/ Unsure why "they" would not come out and say that.
What makes you assume that?
Re: Why we are leaving Dropbox
#30I've been using copy.com for a while and I'm quite happy with it. The main reason I chose it (at the time) was 20GB for free accounts, fair storage in shared folders and pricing (I have the 250GB account). (Disclaimer: this is a referral link that will give us 5gb https://copy.com?r=b2yUAQ ;-))
I too have been using Copy for years. Let's not forget they have a working Linux client. Maybe things have changed since I last looked, but they were one of the few supporting Linux (both cli and gui).
I just recently found it moved over from Dropbox, too.
- Quick and competent support
- Linux sync client
- Apps with Photo sync (Since yesterday also for iOS)
I can even use the photo sync from multiple devices because it creates folders per phone