The new Dropbox

Post by jimbob45 » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 4:22 PM UTC

gowld wrote: post #226

codingdave wrote: post #92

Whenever I see moves like this, I think to myself how little of a real positive impact SharePoint had in the Enterprise world. And that was linking Office products, in large organizations that already used the products, and already collaborated for their jobs, while including the ability to write code against it all. Trying to build the same functional goals, for people who not under a single organization's umbrella,…

over a decade later, Google still has nothing comparable to Sharepoint. Everything is slow and bloated web apps preventing users from finding / reading / editing documents that should be synced locally.

Post by chias » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 4:23 PM UTC

eropple wrote: post #270

Legogris wrote: post #259

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Have you considered Keybase KBFS for this? You get 250 GB for free, public/private with not too much metadata getting leaked, FUSE for desktop and also access on mobile devices. I haven't actually moved over to this myself yet, but it does look much better than Dropbox or Sync.com (which I stupidly am still subscribed for despite their client being even worse than Dropbox - but at least it's encrypted...) Nextcloud m…

I like KBFS a lot, but you have to be careful about trying to use it as a Dropbox-alike. KBFS is always-online. If you have no network connectivity, you have no files. It's also not particularly fast.

Post by hbosch » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 4:24 PM UTC

vvoyer wrote: post #235

liyanage wrote: post #203

I've been a Dropbox user for many years but I'm looking for a replacement. What drives me nuts and hasn't gotten better over the years is their truly awful Python-based macOS client software. It is constantly burning a ton of CPU/battery. It's always at or near the top of Activity Monitor's list in the Energy tab. It seems like their app constantly reacts to any file system activity, even if that activity is outside…

After receiving an email like: > This is all for just $20.88 more a year 1. I never asked for anything more 2. you still charge me for more at a higher price I just bought 2TB data on iCloud, moving everything there. Now I will have good photo application with face recognition which is awesome. Do not expect any move from Dropbox to make your personal life better, they won't. They are going towards enterprise custome…

Post by Legogris » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 4:25 PM UTC

eropple wrote: post #270

Legogris wrote: post #259

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered Keybase KBFS for this? You get 250 GB for free, public/private with not too much metadata getting leaked, FUSE for desktop and also access on mobile devices. I haven't actually moved over to this myself yet, but it does look much better than Dropbox or Sync.com (which I stupidly am still subscribed for despite their client being even worse than Dropbox - but at least it's encrypted...) Nextcloud m…

I like KBFS a lot, but you have to be careful about trying to use it as a Dropbox-alike. KBFS is always-online. If you have no network connectivity, you have no files. It's also not particularly fast.

  $ keybase fs sync --help
  NAME:
   keybase fs sync - Manages the per-folder syncing state

  USAGE:
   keybase fs sync  [arguments...]

  COMMANDS:
   enable       syncs the given folder to local storage, for offline access
   disable      Stops syncing the given folder to local storage
   show         shows the sync configuration and status for the given folder, or all folders if none is specified
   help, h      Shows a list of commands or help for one command

Post by wutbrodo » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

iguy wrote: post #139

asdkhadsj wrote: post #111

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> In a business view, if you're standing still you're at risk of being left behind. On a related but perhaps off topic note; Is that wrong? I agree with everything you've said. Yet, I do wonder, is that business decision wrong? I've not spent much effort on the business side in my life, but from the outside I feel like I agree with their statement. Maybe not so much as in the "left behind" mantra, but more specifical…

I agree. I know why humans must diversify, to avoid having all their eggs in one basket, but why is it obvious that companies should? Their owners should invest in other things, but maybe it's better to admit that a given company is a bet on a particular niche, and if it dies, it dies. In fact I'd go a bit further, and say that if every company seems to become a conglomerate, that's a sign that something is broken in…