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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by dmix on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:02AM (#35729185)
> Laying off people working on unsexy features

You guys are reading way, way too much into this press release.

People here are acting they've abandoned their existing product and is betting the company on AI, when it could just as easily just be what every single major company has said recently ("we're exploring AI").

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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by palata on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:10AM (#35729315)
Also maybe it sounds better to say "we are restructuring to move to the next cool thing" than saying "we are laying off because... you know... things aren't going that great right now"?
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