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Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by skinnymuch »

jmathai wrote: post #12

I don't think the consumer space is something Dropbox is really interested in. I don't blame them and they probably have the numbers to back up their decision to drop photo galleries. I thought Carousel was going to be a big success[1] but it didn't hit the mark like I suspected. Even if it did I doubt it would generate any meaningful revenue for them. Google has figured out the consumer photo space with Google Photo…

Oh wow your elodie tool, and the blog posts are great! Can't wait to start using them this weekend.

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by 727374 »

Annoying. I was happy paying $100/yr for Dropbox to store my photos along with a few extra files. The photo features weren't great, but good enough for basic browsing through galleries. I bought into the idea that if I was paying for the storage it would be more durable and permanent than some fly-by-night photo startup or google/amazon feature. I realize the photos aren't going anywhere, but my use case is. Canceling my subscription to Dropbox... now.

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by Spooky23 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #22
skinnymuch wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google is pushing out new features for Google Photos at an impressive rate through now as well. Hope that doesn't. If they didn't shut Carousel down before, they would probably be shutting it down by now with Google Photos, Apple Photos, Amazon, taking so much of the space up.

What happens when Google Photos shuts down?

The safer bet is Apple, as the smarts are local software vs service.

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by Diti »

jonchang wrote: post #9
glennericksen wrote: post #5

It looks like they are moving towards folders as an organizing principle instead of an album abstraction. More information here: https://www.dropbox.com/help/photos-videos/changes-photos

This is probably a better link than the original.

Can confirm. The original link doesn't tell anything about discontinuation of the service—at least not the French localization of that page. But that other link does.

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by Jabbles »

jmathai wrote: post #27
toomuchtodo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What happens when Google Photos shuts down?

I'm glad you asked :). Here's how I get all the benefits of Google Photos without relying on the service to be around in order to have my photos. https://medium.com/@jmathai/introducing-elodie-your-personal...

Isn't _the_ benefit of Google Photos (over any other storage service) the ability to search your photos for keywords e.g. "mountain"?

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by nnutter »

727374 wrote: post #32

Annoying. I was happy paying $100/yr for Dropbox to store my photos along with a few extra files. The photo features weren't great, but good enough for basic browsing through galleries. I bought into the idea that if I was paying for the storage it would be more durable and permanent than some fly-by-night photo startup or google/amazon feature. I realize the photos aren't going anywhere, but my use case is. Cancelin…

Dropbox only dabbled in photos. Despite my desire to support Dropbox both because they pioneered the online synced folder and because they supported Linux I ended up paying Google because Google Photos came out of the gate way ahead of Dropbox’s languishing attempts at photo management/sharing and Google Photos has kept a strong pace.

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by Spooky23 »

the_common_man wrote: post #16
chad_c wrote: post #4

Dropbox lost me when they closed Carousel. I don't understand why this space is so hard.

Nobody wants to pay.

Sure they do, they just need more. Plenty of people are paying for iCloud and Google.

Dropbox' strength is sync and sharing, but they kneecap that by double-counting sharing capacity. I can't share a video with my wife (a non-subscriber) without paying again)

Re: Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries

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Post by kazinator »

vaishaksuresh wrote: post #35

Maybe I'm too old for this, but I read the title as "Dropbox discontinues photo galleries" I still can't get used to the fact that drop means release.

It doesn't. "Dropbox drops photo galleries" means discontinues. If that isn't the intended meaning of the statement, then language is being misused, plain and simple. Or it's some kind of Dropbox jargon not widely understood outside of Dropbox.
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