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For people who might miss that this is basically a HN copy-pasta at this point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 - April 5, 2007

In general, not sure if we should keep posting this about every Dropbox mention. Comments like this is hardly intellectually stimulating and might fit better at Reddit rather than HN.

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> intellectually stimulating

This 'news' isn't either, yet it keeps getting posted without moderation. I think it's better left in the Dropbox forums.

Right.

Enterprise software doesn't support feature X.

User requests feature X, gets told no.

User posts to a news site, to try and get more votes for feature X.

I think it’s a good example for people who haven’t seen it before.

Agreed, I hadn't seen anything on this subject before and wasn't aware it was a copypasta response. I get that hn doesn't want to turn into the cesspool of inside jokes that reddit has become, but a quick jab like this here and there never hurts, imo

I think it's a great reminder that 99% of these startups are really just scaled versions of free technology you already have. Maybe it's a little grating to hear if you're a Dropbox founder, but FTP is natively supported on Apple Silicon while Dropbox is not...

> these startups are really just scaled versions of free technology you already have

Dropbox clearly has a lot more going for it than "it's managed FTP!"

I agree. It was funny once or twice, but at this point I'd rather not see comments like the parent comment on hacker news.

‘In jokes’ or ‘running jokes’ can be quite valuable as part of a shared culture, for a sense of belonging.

I smiled.

That the GP post wasn't anihilated with downvotes is a great example of the continued memefication/ redditfication of HN. And this is a sad trend.

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