Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

I'll admit to feeling like this will be the beginning of the end for me. I love Reclaim right now, it serves its purpose very well and stays completely out of the way whilst doing it, but I don't have any love for Dropbox or the vision for the future with Dropbox.

Maybe I'm completely wrong though and you'll pull off something great. Best of luck and congrats again.

Re: Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

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Post by patleeman » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 6:48 PM UTC

tonytamps wrote: post #4

Lightbody wrote: post #2

cofounder here -- happy to answer any questions :)

Congratulations on your success. Reclaim.ai has been an incredibly valuable tool for me and my work. I'll admit to feeling like this will be the beginning of the end for me. I love Reclaim right now, it serves its purpose very well and stays completely out of the way whilst doing it, but I don't have any love for Dropbox or the vision for the future with Dropbox. Maybe I'm completely wrong though and you'll pull off…

Yeah, its kind of a bummer. Dropbox doesn't really have a cohesive vision for their productivity suite? Dropbox Paper doesn't seem to have progressed and there haven't been any other notable new products released.

Re: Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

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Post by Lightbody » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 6:57 PM UTC

tonytamps wrote: post #4

Lightbody wrote: post #2

cofounder here -- happy to answer any questions :)

Congratulations on your success. Reclaim.ai has been an incredibly valuable tool for me and my work. I'll admit to feeling like this will be the beginning of the end for me. I love Reclaim right now, it serves its purpose very well and stays completely out of the way whilst doing it, but I don't have any love for Dropbox or the vision for the future with Dropbox. Maybe I'm completely wrong though and you'll pull off…

I appreciate the candor, and the support for Reclaim.

Part of why we went with Dropbox was strong alignment for what the future of work can look like. Also because unlike many tech acquisitions, we were able to keep the entire team and product intact while continuing to invest in and pursue the long term vision we've had for Reclaim.

I hope you'll give us a chance to change your perspective in the coming years :)

Re: Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

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Post by fortran77 » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 7:59 PM UTC

Waiting for someone to say they could implement reclaim with a 10 line shell script and rsync.

Re: Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

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Post by sizediterable » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 8:09 PM UTC

Lightbody wrote: post #2

cofounder here -- happy to answer any questions :)

Out of Dropbox's long history of acquisitions, very few of the products from said acquisitions have survived. Did this factor into your decision to join Dropbox and if so how did you weigh that risk?

Re: Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

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Post by bound008 » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 8:16 PM UTC

fortran77 wrote: post #7

Waiting for someone to say they could implement reclaim with a 10 line shell script and rsync.

Happy to say so.... just sprinkle in a little caldav ;)

Re: Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai

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Post by OJFord » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 8:17 PM UTC

fortran77 wrote: post #7

Waiting for someone to say they could implement reclaim with a 10 line shell script and rsync.

DanG's thoughts on the comment/'meme' you're referring to:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229275

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29178442

It seems he's given up fighting it in recent years, but I doubt his view or the facts have changed, and they're worth reading.