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I noticed on social media a lot of negativity toward Dropbox and sometimes even on HN. The negative sentiment appears to come from tech circles who feel One Drive offers a better price point or iCloud works great for them, so Dropbox shouldn't exist.

Personally, I prefer Dropbox. I found problems with One Drive. Google Drive client was always hit and miss and I could not rely on it. iCloud is not cross platform (afaik). Dropbox has worked where ever I needed it.

Dropbox is more expensive but I prefer to have my files in Dropbox (as a separation of concerns) rather than have a single tech company control every aspect of my life.

My experience with the 'average Joe' is that Dropbox is easy and it works. Yes, they might save a couple dollars switching to OneDrive but Dropbox still offer a good product. Will Dropbox survive long term? I certainly hope so. I have no affiliation, aside from being a customer.

Insync solves a lot of Google Drive issues (not all! - the fundamental organization (and ability to search - at Google!) is horrible), Box.com is not bad for auditibility and observability, but One Drive keeps trying to suck you in (You think you are out! But you are not!),

For the extra buck-or-two per user per month - I just like the fact that it "just works" for most people and little tech support. (Although I do miss the RSS feed on events that they removed that helped me keep track of all of the "stuff" "the people" were doing with "all the files". I'm sure there was a reason - but that was actually the only feature that made me think that they and Box.com might be comparable in that area)

I don't use Google Drive per say, since I run Linux. I primarily use rclone and previously had issues with Dropbox throttling uploads as well. Currently I pay $12 a month and get unlimited storage with G Suite. In addition to all the other G Suite features, Dropbox doesn't offer anything close in terms of price or features.

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