> There is a certain type of person that clearly gets a sort of intrinsic pleasure from being correct. This leads to a lot of wasted time as this goal only serves to help one “win” in a competitive, social environment. As such, they often miss the forest for the trees.

Yes.

> dismissing Dropbox as easily replicated with rsync

This is a strawman of the actual post. Please don't use it as an example like this.