Dropbox has grown from a small indie file sync utility to a giant of cloud storage. During that time many users fell in love with its simplicity and reliability. But with rising prices and difficult software dependencies, it’s hard to keep the flame alive. What happened to Dropbox?

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Published January 18, 2022

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00:00:11 - Intro 00:00:31 - Love at First Sync 00:03:45 - Steve Jobs Introduces the new iDisk 00:05:20 - Dropbox Giveth, and Dropbox Taketh Away 00:10:20 - The Decline of the Dropbox Client 00:16:22 - The Cautionary Tale of Quark 00:20:29 - Comparing the Competition 00:24:00 - My Future with Dropbox 00:26:29 - Outtro

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• Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/
• Apple Unveils Internet Strategy - Apple Press - https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/01/05Apple-Unveils-Internet-Strategy/
• WWDC 2003 Keynote -https://tidbits.com/2003/06/23/mac-os-x-10-3-panther-springs-at-wwdc/
• Dropbox Demo - Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QmCUDHpNzE
• Dropbox Launches to the Public - https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-launches-to-the-public
• Dropbox Limits Free Accounts to Three Devices - The Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265574/dropbox-3-device-limit-free-accounts-plus-professional
• Dropbox Increases Plus Plan Prices to $12 per month - Venture Beat - https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/29/dropbox-increases-plus-plan-to-2tb-for-12-per-month-adds-rewind-smart-sync/
• Important Changes to the Dropbox Public Folder - https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/public-folder
• Dropbox Drops Photo Galleries - Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14747526
• Revealing Dropbox’s Dirty Little Security Hack - applehelpwriter - https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dirty-little-security-hack/
• Dropbox Security Bug Made Passwords Optional for Four Hours - TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/dropbox-security-bug-made-passwords-optional-for-four-hours/
• Dropbox Touts New Collaborative Cloud Storage Management App - MacRumors - https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/12/dropbox-touts-new-cloud-management-app/
• Chromium Embedded Framework - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_Framework
• Dropbox Silently Installs New File Management App - Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/07/dropbox-silently-installs-new-file-manager-app-on-users-systems/
• Apple Silicon Desktop Sync Compatibility - Dropbox Forums - https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Apple-Silicon-M1-Desktop-Sync-Compatibility/td-p/527743
• Drew Houston on Twitter - https://twitter.com/drewhouston/status/1453762478479843332
• QuarkXPress - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuarkXPress
• Quark offers details on QuarkXPress 5.0 for Mac OS X - https://www.macworld.com/article/152401/quarkosx.html
• Pride Goeth Before the Fall - Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/global/1999/0531/0211032a.html?sh=5153e13d5ce1
• Dropbox Mac App with Apple Silicon Support now available to all beta users - MacRumors - https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/13/dropbox-apple-silicon-support-beta-users/
• Maestral - https://maestral.app

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