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Re:Save more with Google Drive by dragonwriter on Thursday March 13, 2014 @06:31PM (#7395594)
> I'd probably bet on Google putting Dropbox out of business with competition, then getting rid of Drive because it's no longer a growth area.

That's not too unlikely, if by "Drive" you mean the desktop sync application, which pretty clearly has always been pretty tangential to the strategic purpose of Drive, which is first and foremost a cloud storage platform for web apps (Google first-party apps, institutional customer second-party apps, and ISV third-party apps).

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Re:Save more with Google Drive by barrkel on Thursday March 13, 2014 @07:29PM (#7395896)
That's exactly what I think - I even said so earlier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7394140
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Re:Save more with Google Drive by shaneofalltrad on Friday March 14, 2014 @03:48AM (#7397407)
Either way, it would be a shame if Google sank Dropbox and I would resent it. Dropbox is a GREAT service for free, then charges if you like more space. They offer the best use cases around for developers who do a lot of cross device work. You can keep all your information on all testing environments, and even share folders with others (or other accounts) and not really face limitations (i.e. no linux support). And with Google already getting strict about storage on Android, you can only suspect a Chess move to gain control with a dollar 99 on the hook.
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