Why dropbox is still a thing
I have an offer with Dropbox and thinking why it’s still a thing? I mean haven’t it has competition from Amazon, google, Microsoft already. How will the company sustain with such competition? Is it safe to join it in current market where cloud moguls are trying to grab whatever they can. I am currently with Amazon and want to jump ship however these questions crossed my mind. TC: 210K (Dropbox) IC2. #amazon #dropbox #microsoft #google #meta #apple
Good if that’s the only offer for now or else keep looking if you can
Probably because they have a stronghold on a large part of the the pie.
For now, I mean their service really isn’t any better than the rest. That’s shaky ground to stand on, despite initial pie size. That’s how you become obsolete in tech
I love Dropbox. I can share files from my laptop, iPad, and desktop so easily. I have a wholeUnity project saved to my Dropbox directory and when I’m on the go I can continue that project from my laptop. I know AWS and google do the same, but I like that I have a Dropbox directory on my desktop and I don’t have to log into anything to access my files.
Okay just thinking how this product is sustaining the competition from onedrive, google docs and amazon cloud sync
Do you have a paid account or use a free one?
I use Dropbox regularly. I like the interface and integration with other apps. I don’t like how they deprecated search within docs for free users, and constantly reminding me to stay below 5gb of space. What keeps me on it is that I’m used to it; as long as they don’t change the product much, I’ll stay. I backup my Dropbox to GDrive. Haven’t used GDrive much to be honest. Microsoft tries every chance to get you to use their cloud and it annoys me. For instance, when I want to save a word doc it automatically directs me to OneDrive instead of an overall file folder, then requires me to click a bunch of buttons to select a folder I actually use instead of OneDrive. Could be a fine product but forcing it on me makes me avoid it. Have no clue about Amazon cloud app for consumers. Apple Files doesn’t seem as intuitive and integrated as Dropbox on my iPhone.
UX Research in MSFT is done by a bunch of monkeys
I've pondered the same
Because of the offer or casually? I mean I can see the growth of the company is stagnant for last 4-5 years. I am really drawn to the culture at Dropbox and I am not sure if this product gets obsolete in future and layoffs will happen.
I talked to them for a bit, they talked about culture a lot but the eng I spoke to just sounded sad 🤷♂️
Block level synchronization. Google drive is great for cold storage or sharing but it's obnoxious if you have large working files and you're on cellular or garbage wifi.
Okay that’s over my head but will research it
Totally unrelated to this thread. @ L3Harris- how is your company doing? I used to own the stock but sold it. Is there growth? How is this sector doing?
For all folks saying they use Dropbox, do you all have paid accounts?
No, but I would if they offered something in between tier free tier and paid tier. I have ~15gb of space from some promos they did ~10 years ago when I was in college. If they had 100gb and 500gb plans, I would subscribe and reconsider my paid Google storage. Instead, I use it as an active working directory and use my paid Google storage for more infrequent stuff. One drive is for archiving my music, photos, videos, etc.
That's my point. People use dropbox free, but everyone thinks the paid 2TB account is too expensive, and fall back to Microsoft, Google Drive or Apple iCloud, that costs the same but offers other services
Having worked at Dropbox, and having been forced to use teams: dropbox’s product is way superior to Microsoft. It’s not even a competition in my eyes. Dropbox is intuitive and its native interface includes a lot more useful features than one drive, or worse, sharedrive. Dropbox and GDrive are pretty even for me— but I prefer Dropbox for work and GDrive for personal things. Essentially, Dropbox is going to exist as a higher quality product for teams that don’t want to get snookered by Microsoft.
Which company did you move to?
PayPal. Though, I guess I’m trying to get out of PayPal now, and it doesn’t help that PP forces us to use Teams. 🤣
How did you even get an interview there? I have done everything for a.year now, I have never heard from a recruiter lol
I have never used Dropbox!
Well, that settles it
Ok that’s informative