Wait for Google to destroy their dream by releasing a competing product that integrates with Google+ and Google Apps.

evil laugh

Google Docs already acts as cloud storage, you can upload most file types there.

https://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

They also sell extra space, shared with Picasa.

https://accounts.google.com/b/0/PurchaseStorage?hl=en_US

True, but "most files" still doesn't cut it. I have great hopes for the upcoming Google Drive, it would solve many of the problems I'm facing right now in project management (I wrote about it on my blog: http://luckyisgood.com/blog/google-drive/) - and support for all file types is essential if Google wants to call its service "cloud storage".

Holy french fries. With Google, I can get 80GB for $20/year: https://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...

With Dropbox, 100GB would cost me $199/year.

I've been with Dropbox forever (I have account #315) but man, it is tempting to snag 80GB for the price of half a tank of gas.

Convenience is obviously the primary loss. But I'm a nerd. It would likely be easy to figure out some way of auto-syncing my whole music folder.

My other primary usage for Dropbox (and incidentally the motivation for its inception) is as a way to transfer files to other people. There's nothing like being able to host your own .html file within your own dropbox with literally zero effort. That said, a hybrid of the two seems best -- ridiculously cheap bulk storage, combined with the convenience of Dropbox when needed.

Facebook didnt grow much (functionality-wise) other than in number of members. Other than that, most features are exactly the same as in 2007. No wonder; an average programmer could write Facebook core functionality in a matter of few days; the major issue/challange at Facebook is scalling, not programming. Show me other piece of software that is concurrently accessed by hundred million users.

Early 2007 was before Facebook Apps came out. There was no Farmville, no SuperPoke, no Scrabulous, no Washington Post Social Reader. It was also before Facebook Status Messages (IIRC a reaction to Twitter, which hadn't gained traction yet), before the News Feed (IIRC a reaction to Friendfeed, which wouldn't be founded for another few months), before the Facebook Mobile App (the iPhone was brand new and didn't yet allow 3rd-party apps, Android hadn't come out yet), and the UI was completely different. There was no Facebook Connect or Like button.

> Facebook didnt grow much (functionality-wise)

How about Open Graph or the Facebook Platform?

Think if dropbox has a platform. (like word processors saving directly to Dropbox - the defacto cloud storage network)

Dropbox already has a platform (it's API). You can already save directly to your Dropbox from a variety of sites. Still, not a whole bunch of folks use this functionality.