The only thing Dropbox has going for it is that somehow, everyone else is worse. Core syncing and client reliability is just trash across the board for all the other providers. But Dropbox is still infuriating.
[1] https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Genera...
For instance, I can't exclude folders and extensions, which messes up my workflow a lot (e.g. I can't exclude .git folders)
Still impossible.
These guys can't even manage GIFT CERTIFICATES, I'm not surprised they have trouble with actual technical issues.
People have been complaining about the AppData binary thing and the roaming profiles issue since Dropbox launched.
I thought that FINALLY, after they had launched Dropbox for Business, it would come with an announcement that they had fixed Dropbox on roaming profiles and started storing the binary properly.
Nope. Just a branding initiative. I managed to screw around with it enough to get it working on my profile, but I've been unable to repeat that success, even with admin access. So, so annoying. iTunes works better in a corporate environment than Dropbox does.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/505467/can-i-store-the-gi...
[0] http://aditya.vaidya.info/blog/2013/08/25/using-dropbox-and-...
I believe a perfect solution for power-users would be a support for '.nodropbox' files, which would disable selective sync for a given directory and it's subfolders.
An even better idea would be '.dropboxignore' files, using the same syntax as '.gitignore'.
Then again no one is perfect. I've seen the green check mark missing from all my files in Google Drive at different times.
Most of us are complaining about services we use for free.
Speed of sync isn't much of a concern to me personally, I don't use Dropbox for big files. Reliability of sync is key for me, and for that I have never had an issue. Everything is everywhere, without exception. No conflicts or corruptions, period.
> Most of us are complaining about services we use for free.
I'll complain about a browser too. "Free" isn't an excuse to offer a crappy product. You're still making money off your userbase somehow.
It's also worth noting that the problems that exist with Dropbox, permiate all tiers. I'll use it, but I'd never pay for a service with so many issues unless I had a very good specific reason. For example, iCloud Sync is way worse but I'll pay for the privilege of being able to dump my iPhone photos online automatically.