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Re:The software engineering lifecycle: How we built the new ... by coherentpony on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:37PM (#24496661)
> I would like to add that one of the reasons I’m a paying subscriber of Dropbox is because it’s independent of all the major other providers.

If I remember correctly, it's using Amazon in the backend. So how exactly is it that it is independent of all the other major providers?

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Re:The software engineering lifecycle: How we built the new ... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:13PM (#24498619)
In terms of relationship. So that e.g. if you comment with too many emojis on a YouTube lifestream, you only lose access to your e-mails, but not your files.
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Re:The software engineering lifecycle: How we built the new ... by acrefoot on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:13PM (#24499160)
That strong dependence changed with Magic Pocket:

https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-ama...

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Re:The software engineering lifecycle: How we built the new ... by sushid on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:02PM (#24497858)
It’s not.
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Re:The software engineering lifecycle: How we built the new ... by babesh on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:03AM (#24501362)
Wrong. European data center due to GDPR. Ever wonder who the cloud provider of that is?

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450280565/Dropbox-gears-...

Others are its own.

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