How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions

Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by ggg9990 on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:36PM (#17546375)

The Dropbox client still syncs files much faster than the competitors.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by arbie on Monday July 16, 2018 @09:02PM (#17546498)

Tell me about it. Google Backup and Sync is a horrendous mess, taking several hours just to start syncing every time the sync engine is relaunched.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by telchar on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:46PM (#17547144)

Really? And I thought Dropbox was slow. I find myself asking what's the point of gigabit internet when I haven't found a service that users more than 50Mb.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by msh on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:18AM (#17547684)

I had the same Dropbox slowness. On Google drive I see speeds around 400 megabits over my gigabit fiber.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by ggg9990 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:03AM (#17547625)

Gigabit Internet is largely pointless for home use. Unless you have a Mormon family all watching different 4K shows at the same time or something.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @05:35PM (#17553650)

Seriously.

I have a 30 mbit fiber connection. The only time I ever notice is when I'm downloading a new game. Otherwise, my wife can be watching Netflix while I'm gaming and there's no difference in my latency.

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Re:How two strangers set up Dropbox and made billions by ycombinete on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:51AM (#17547575)

Sounds like you're asking the right questions

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