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>No, shut up. Most of the world doesn't sit in front of their browser all day.

well, I've got bad news for the guy. Just being a data storage company is probably not a great business strategy because the web and competition have become ubiquitous.



I disagree. If you have a niche, and you do it WELL, you can do that. And Dropbox did.

But now they are messing that up. And not just this. They implemented a 3 device limit, and the next level is super expensive. Unlike any of their competitors. I'd say that is not a great business strategy.


Doing well in a small niche is fine for a lifestyle company - for a public company like Dropbox expected to keep growing? Not so much.


If it's staff that is expected to keep growing, then yes.

Reminds of Evernote which eventually had 50:50 management/development split




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