Re:Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up
by jmuguy on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @08:53PM
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One thing that's almost made me switch is how they handle sharing links now. Putting whatever you're sharing behind a (imo deceptive) sign-up/sign-in pop-up. So I've gone from something really clean looking when I share a file with someone to something that looks like I'm asking them to sign-up for Dropbox. Does the paid version get rid of this?
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Re:Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up
by Tehnix on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @09:44PM
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Unfortunately, the paid version does not get rid of this. It's quite annoying actually, I even had one of my friends ask "Why are you sending me a Dropbox signup link?"...
Re:Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up
by sanderjd on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @10:00PM
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I'm confused – when I click Share, copy the link, and open it in an incognito window, it doesn't seem to be behind a sign-up/sign-in pop-up.
Re:Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up
by greyboy on Thursday June 25, 2015 @09:30AM
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My account has the same "problem" as jmuguy. It's really unfortunate as I often need to share files with non-technical/older people, and it creates unnecessary confusion.
As well as anyone that shares files with me, I see the same pop-up (icognito window or not).
