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Comment by desine | Hacker News Reader

Dropbox recently had some backlash, mostly due to them updating their OSX software that installed a new file manager without the user's explicit permission.

Not sure if it's related, but they've had some issues with their tech stack lately

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20477958

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Something else they received backlash for is them limiting devices on the free tier to only 3.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19925652

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265574/dropbox-3-device...

This hit me hard a few weeks ago, and still is.. I've had a few hardware issues and had to (re)install a few times. Limiting access to 3 devices, I'm not sure about upgrading. I don't really need more space, and in fact most of what I really use it for I could get away with a private github/gitlab repo.

Do you genuinely think the Dropbox CTO resigned because of some complaints about an app dialog.

Not the OP, but 'app dialogs' and their utility/uselessness are symptomatic of the underlying philosophy and business culture which made them a 'requirement' - so if the app dialog is undesirable, it carries implications about the internal environment in which it was developed, which may prompt someone to leave.

alternately: this was the person pushing the undesirable things, and other people pushed that person out as 'bad news', or, this person couldn't push more 'bad things' through effectively enough to his own liking and so left.

alternately: no relationship at all and this whole thread is just people dishing on their pet-peeves with the product.

Where there's smoke, there's fire

I, for one, recently cancelled my long term Dropbox subscription based on only a few similar stunts they’ve pulled.

There’s anecdotal evidence that others have too.

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