I stopped using Dropbox when it started asking if I want to back up every USB drive that I plug into my PC, and started to pollute my removable drives with a configuration file. (Because for some reason that's the <i>only way</i> it can know that I don't want my removable drives backed up.)<p>All I've ever wanted is a folder that syncs automatically. Nothing more. And for a while Dropbox was the best at fulfilling that role and getting out of the way, but it seems feature-creep has taken over.
Too late. They could have done this nearly from the beginning, when people were still using Dropbox and asking to sync any folder on their computer.<p>Instead they junkified their app and alienated most tech users, who won’t suggest using it anymore.<p>I hope that documents stuff works out for them though.
Dropbox Shop - I had to check the date of the post to make sure it wasn't posted on 1st of April.<p>Dropbox Backup - Are jobs in Silicon Valley really in demand that they cant even hire someone to write product description?<p>May be I am just being moody in the past few days or weeks so I am overly critical. But something is wrong with most of the current Tech companies.<p>May be Web 3.0 isn't about crypto or blockchain. But a complete reboot of every single web company.
This announcement is deficient in multiple ways. Key information is hidden away in help pages elsewhere on the site. I had to search and find the duration for versions retained:<p>> How far back you can view and restore is referred to as version history and depends on the Dropbox plan you have.<p>> Dropbox Basic, Plus, and Family users have 30 days.<p>> Dropbox Professional and Business users have 180 days.<p>> However, there are several add-ons that extend your version history.<p>IMO, the Dropbox Basic, Plus and Family plans are useless with the meager 30-day retention period for older versions of files. It would’ve been better if this whole solution had a storage limit but allowed for longer retention periods. The purpose of backups is to be able to get back farther in time when necessary. That may be a week, a month or even a year. Limiting the version history makes this closer to the standard “sync and check soon if you accidentally deleted/overwrote a file you wanted” solution.<p>While I’m ranting about this, what’s wrong with the CMS used for the Dropbox blog and website?! The blog post wouldn’t even load unless and until I disabled ad and tracker blockers. Declining the cookie prompt shows an error page. Why have that prompt if it doesn’t work as it’s supposed to?
- <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/backup" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/backup</a><p>- Dropbox Backup plan - Back up one computer and one external drive for just $5.99/month<p>- Dropbox with Backup - Choose from one of several Dropbox plans that include Backup, starting at $9.99/month<p>I think it's interesting as this year many college alumni and students are looking into other options beyond google drives backup & sync after their license changes.<p>Can anyone compare pricing with other services?
After nearly two decades of trying everything else they finally came to the conclusion that a backup offering might fit really well with their file synching offering. I really don't get all the former unicorns trying to pivot away from their main product. Dropbox and Evernote wasted so much time and are now in a worse state than 5 years after launch.
I couldn't find any solution that works for what I want. Google Drive is the most similar to what I want (with a minor difference that bugs me). I want an external virtual drive on my computers that syncs my file on demand, that doesn't count against my hard drive quota (unless I download and work with these files).<p>Google Drive gives me that (I pay for it) and all my files are synced across all my devices. My problem is that I do not want one device to be "the owner", I want all devices to be the same because. Unfortauntely Drive doesn't allow that. So on the main device I can access the file in their local path, while in others they are in (for example): G:\Others computers\Laptop\Drive<p>I hate that the files are inside "Others computers\Laptop", because it makes me feel that if I ever lose the "Laptop" and lose access, I may lose all my files.
Why use Dropbox Backup when one can just use Google Drive, Backblaze or even S3?<p>Does anyone even use Dropbox anymore? Last time I checked they restricted tons of features and kept nagging me to upgrade. Hugely annoying.
How much storage do they give? (In FAQ they say either unlimited to backup a singe PC or as much space as your account)<p>What limits on file sizes? (In FAQ they say 2TB)
So it's $6/mo, or £4.99 which is equivalent to ~$6.50 ... from UK it tells me the company providing the service is "Dropbox International Unlimited Company ... Dublin 2 / Ireland". Presumably, I can just purchase the service in USA (eg via VPN) to save 8%?<p>AIUI, supply of digital services in the UK accrue local VAT (? eg <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-place-of-supply-of-services-notice-741a" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-place-of-supply-of-services-...</a>) so the UK price is maybe less revenue (net of VAT)?
As a paying Dropbox of many years, I’d love for this to be available on Linux. I’ve tried to use Dropbox as a backup backend (for example with reclone), but with a great many files, I’m always hitting API quotas making it impossible to use Dropbox for backups.<p>If somebody has a working solution, I’d be very happy to hear about it.