I stopped using Dropbox because I enabled two-factor authentication security, but the SMS would always arrive 8-12 hours later, essentially locking me out of my account. Well then...
Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
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#242I still use dropbox
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#243I canceled my paid account because of the appointment. Dropbox is still kicking around as a free option, but I'm okay with that because they're losing money on my business.
When I get some free time I'll fully switch to SpiderOak as well.
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#244I did not drop, and do not plan to. (I did drop GoDaddy a while back, but that was because they offer a shitty product).
DropBox is still the best product, currently I'm in the free tier as well. And I also use the other competitor products, but they don't work well enough with groups of people.
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#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
did you try duplicati? the fact that dropbox doesn't have client side encryption is a MAJOR issue also duplicati is open sourced
That one seems to be targeted more at periodical backups than what dropbox does, which is more closer to syncing and backing up at the same time. Anyway, no I did not try it. From the website "It works with Amazon S3, Windows Live SkyDrive, Google Drive (Google Docs), Rackspace Cloud Files or WebDAV, SSH, FTP" I've heard of 5 of those, I know how to use 3 for storage, I have accounts with only 2 (gmail, outlook), but…
> I still stand by my statement that literally not a single piece of software exists that does the same as dropbox in terms of stability,
That seems a bit odd, since 4 sentences previously you state that you are pretty unfamiliar with the space "I've heard of 5 of those, I know how to use 3 for storage".
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#246This poll is a spectacular example of selection bias, and the uselessness of polls. There's not a chance in hell that 20% of active Dropbox users have stopped using it, even among tech circles. I would be amazed if even 20% knew about this in the first place, and amazed if as much as 1/10 of those people truly stopped using Dropbox.
Nobody but a fool would ever mistake a poll on HN for a poll of the general population.
The entire point of a poll on HN is to poll HN users, not the general population.
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#247I've been curious about Tonido (http://www.tonido.com/tonidodesktop_downloads/) as an ownCloud replacement lately. Does anybody have experience with it?
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#248A client dropped Dropbox when it took 2 days to download their 10GB backup on a >5Mb/s connection. The new solution is an external hard drive for nightly batch backups + Cubby's DirectSync feature for multi-systems, multi-locations & real-time propagation without actually using the Cubby 'cloud' service they pay for. 3-2-1, FTW! PS: They were weary of BitSync b/c of BitTorrent pirate news but the news about the celeb…
Haha, I'm back after I read the question below the title. I just ASSUMED this being a tech site that this was a technical poll. Doesn't political BS polls/posts send a mixed signal while YC & HNers continually talk about meaningful input, relevant discussions & not devolving to the lowest common denominator like some other news aggregator sites? Here I have been making a meaningful effort to keep my opinions to myself, stay my hand when I feel that wise-ass niggle coming on(exactly like right now) and only include pertinent knowledge & experience to the discussions rather than go /b-tard and you went ahead and created an entire thread dedicated to the problematic behavior. Is this a honeypot...?
Edit: -derision
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#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
> us to have better political links to the US government. Us? Are you on Dropbox's board? Why is wedding corporate power to political influence wise for this industry? Astonishing naiveté. > don't downvote or upvote just to normalise your own political beliefs. What a meaningless statement. Post on your blog if you don't want your opinion torn apart like a piece of meat. All the comments I've seen thus far are civil.…
Yes - if you work in the tech industry you are affected by policies which affect the industry as a whole. Wedding corporate power to political influence is wise for the industry because that is exactly what we are up against already: corporate power has been wedded to political influence for a very long time and one can easily point out attempts that have already been made to protect previously established industries…
> exactly what we are up against already
There's that pesky collective noun again. Again, you labor under a delusion of a shared struggle.
> one can easily point out attempts that have already been made to protect previously established industries.
Such as a company that's raised over a billion dollars seeking to protect its position in a lucrative market by appointing politically well-connected board members? No way!
> I was able to argue back without resorting to name calling.
And so was I. What's your point?
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#250I continue to use Dropbox and I'm pro the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government. (Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.) Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting…
> us to have better political links to the US government. Us? Are you on Dropbox's board? Why is wedding corporate power to political influence wise for this industry? Astonishing naiveté. > don't downvote or upvote just to normalise your own political beliefs. What a meaningless statement. Post on your blog if you don't want your opinion torn apart like a piece of meat. All the comments I've seen thus far are civil.…
I believe the idea is that, given the choice between
- Nobody in the entire tech industry has influence over government
- A few key players like Apple and Google have influence over government
Your parent is saying, the latter is better, because Apple & Google (being tech companies) have shared interests with other tech companies.
Certainly there is risk that the big companies would use their influence in government to trample smaller tech companies, but could it be that risk is smaller than the risks of the whole tech sector having zero say/influence in government at all?