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Re:The new Dropbox by FullyFunctional on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:41AM (#20165124)
You (and I) were definitely part of the problem, but limiting the number of devices was brilliant on their part as it forced me (and many others) to think hard about my options. Unlike you however, I came to the conclusion that 1) Dropbox are far superior to the competition for me (eg., I regularily build and test out of a Dropbox folder), 2) I actually get enormous value of it. $120 (they raised the price) is worth it.

I am also unimpressed with this new desktop app which solves a problem I don't have, but as long as their core syncing tech. remains functional, I just want them succeed.

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Re:The new Dropbox by m_fayer on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:56AM (#20165275)
> ...as long as their core syncing tech. remains functional, I just want them succeed.

I feel likewise. But I'm afraid their core tech will slowly fall into neglect as they cast about for new revenue streams - and in this particular case that core tech does too important a job for me to tolerate even moderate neglect.

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Re:The new Dropbox by apple4ever on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:16PM (#20170705)
The limiting isn't really the problem, because its smart like you said.

The problem is free -> $120 a year is a big jump. I don't need 2TB of space. I probably don't even need 10GB of space. But I would pay $50 for more space and more devices.

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