Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by ImTheMaddest on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:20PM
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Google Drive has this feature, right click the file > get shareable link > Anyone on the Internet with this link can view
Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by mullingitover on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:19AM
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I stand corrected! Time to cancel that dropbox subscription.
Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by Stratoscope on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:15AM
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OneDrive too, for either a file or a folder, with approximately the same UI (right click and select Share). Works on desktop, mobile, and web.
Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by ByteJockey on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:59PM
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I've defaulted to making s3 buckets public for that.
Admittedly, the s3 console isn't the easiest thing to navigate if you aren't used to it, but I don't really need to do it very often.
Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by beamatronic on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:52PM
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Use Cyberduck or Filezilla instead?
Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by ByteJockey on Saturday July 11, 2020 @10:11AM
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Filezilla isn't bad. I just already have a bunch of scripts set up for working with aws.
Re:Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)
by beamatronic on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:52PM
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It sounds like the original YouSendIt product!
I wish it were true, but neither Google nor Apple have the most basic, brain-dead feature: "Give me a link that I can give anyone, and they can download the thing without jumping through any hoops."
They both require people receiving a file to jump through the hoop of having accounts with them in order to do this most basic action. It's the reason I'm still regrettably paying Dropbox. Anything calling itself a cloud drive should have basic feature where you can send anyone a link and they can download the file with no other requirement than an internet-connected browser.