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Jonathan Kamens 86 47A cautionary tail regarding data loss… Despite my best efforts, my wife has resisted for years my requests for her to stop relying on iCloud and Dropbox and move her cloud storage onto our NAS which has perfectly good file sync and backup clients. <a href="https://federate.social/tags/dataLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dataLoss</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backups</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/iCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iCloud</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NAS</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/cloudStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cloudStorage</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/fileSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fileSync</a> 🧵1/8

garthoid (he/him)Just dropped <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BoycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoycottUSA</a>

ffuentesTodavía me acuerdo cuando <a href="https://ffuent.es/pub?t=dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> era lo máximo. Hasta tenía una carpeta pública. Tenía un blog y por compartir el referido me dieron el máximo de gigas disponibles (20+ los 2 gratis). Luego quitaron la carpeta pública y nextcloud empezó a aparecer (por tener mis datos en infraestructura libre). Ahí lo migré y dejé de usarlo pero ahí está todavía.

Jason844Currently tying out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pCloud</a> as an alternative to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iCloud</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>. Anyone have any opinions? Issues? etc?

Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersDid y'all know Dropbox had a password manager?Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager <a href="https://www.engadget.com/apps/dropbox-is-pulling-the-plug-on-its-password-manager-184720450.html?src=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/apps/dropbox-is-pulling-the-plug-on-its-password-manager-184720450.html?src=rss</a><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Passwords</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a>

Third spruce tree on the leftok I'd just like to shout out to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thunderbird</a> team - no matter what/what else <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mozilla</a> seems to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> , so far TB is intact. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/outlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outlook</a> used to be the GOAT but now its <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shit</a> and plugins are $$heckaspensive and also shit. Meanwhile TB chugging along with a beautiful ecosystem of apps that just _work_Shout out to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Qnote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qnote</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quickfilters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quickfilters</a> plugins!<a href="https://mas.to/tags/MozillaThunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MozillaThunderbird</a> AND - and I know they say you _shouldn't_ but - you can put your mail store in a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> folder.

Raglan Niall :lk: :tinoflag:Dismiss. FO!Let me guess, In a year it'll be 'upgrade your subscription to keep access to your online ONLY files'.I repeat, local storage is comically cheap. You are a backup and syncing tool, nothing more. Go away.<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshitification</a>

Raglan Niall :lk: :tinoflag:NO! Hardrive space is comically cheap. I want you as a backup not a critical resource. GTFOH!<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshitification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/MustGetAroundToFindingAnAlternativeNonBigTechService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MustGetAroundToFindingAnAlternativeNonBigTechService</a>

FlorianThere's a growing movement on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedi</a> that wants people to switch away from Big (US-based) Tech and towards <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> alternatives like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>, alternatives to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> etc. For <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/screenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenReader</a> users, that might not be as simple as all that due to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> reasons. This weekend's IC_Null stream aims to dig into this, but I need your help. What tools, services etc. should I look at from an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> perspective? Anyone here who needs their tools evaluated? Anyone here who's curious about a particular tool or suite of tools? Let me know and I'll add it to the list. Anything goes. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfHosting</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a>

Jörg 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺After a deeper look to <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Joplin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Joplin</a> I say: We might be friends. I like what I saw so far. But now I have to face the problem of synchronisation to use multiple devices. A self hosted <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nextcloud</a> would be the best. But I don’t have it. <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Onedrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Onedrive</a>, <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> und <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/S3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#S3</a> are no choice due to known reasons. So the only option I have so far would be the cloud of <a href="https://mastodon.social/@joplinapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@joplinapp</a>. But will my data be safe there? Where is the cloud hosted? US and countries where government can get access to it are a noGo

Space HoboDear <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/LazyWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LazyWeb</a>, I have a question about online storage services.I'm part of a volunteer organisation that has a lot of people of extremely wide and varied technical abilities. A couple decades ago, one of the dearly departed members set up a <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/DropBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DropBox</a> account for the group, and it has served them reasonably well over the years. But right now they're starting to feel like maybe it's a bit long in the tooth, and they aren't sure about paying for more storage if there are better choices.Two of us are absolutely GenX Linux nerds, who will mount whatever it is via `rclone` and move on, but some members are in their 30s and some in their 80s and we need something that works for everyone. Bonus if we can use a company that doesn't kill people or forests or oceans to make their service work, although I realise that's often a vain hope these days.Does anyone have good suggestions for a resilient file hosting/sharing service in 2025?

beSpacificYou can now connect your Box and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> accounts to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeepResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepResearch</a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> and pull data, which will be used by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> to conduct <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a>. Please do not do this - you will add to the unending pool of data being sucked out of creators and repurposed for profit - not your profit or benefit. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KM</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legalresearch</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/intellectualproperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intellectualproperty</a> <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deep-research-can-now-pull-data-from-dropbox-and-box/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deep-research-can-now-pull-data-from-dropbox-and-box/</a>

Sean RileySo apparently DropBox bills everyone for shared storage. Someone shares their files with you, DropBox counts every MB 2x. Share with 4 people 4x.Great rates if you can get them I guess.<a href="https://opensocial.media/tags/DropBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DropBox</a> <a href="https://opensocial.media/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scam</a>

Emelia 👸🏻Number of screens to jump through to cancel a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> plan? something like 4, good gosh. dark patterns galore.

MereCivilian<a href="https://social.lol/@maique" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@maique</a> <a href="https://social.lol/@andyn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@andyn</a> how well does Koofr work on <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> and <a href="https://social.lol/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> compared to <a href="https://social.lol/tags/dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dropbox</a> ?

Ian RobinsonThose Dropbox finder ✅ icon adornments give me a fuzzy feeling. Glad to be back on Dropbox. Still 21,000+ files to upload. But at least you have a view of thst with Dropbox. And uploads are quick. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cloud</a>

Pierre REYNAUDJe suis à la recherche d’une alternative à <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a>. Impératif: Elle doit être accessible avec <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/NVDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NVDA</a> et <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/VoiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOver</a> sur mon <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iphone</a>. Évidemment, je souhaite que mes données soit hébergées en Europe ou mieux en France. Merci d’avance pour vos idées! <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cloud</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/rGpD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rGpD</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/accessibilit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibilité</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/NvDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NvDA</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/VoiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOver</a>

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦So, given that the US is rapidly turning to shit, and that Dropbox is a US company, should I be worried that I'm keeping a lot of my data on Dropbox?And if so, what's a good non-US alternative? Needs to sync from a Linux desktop and a headless Linux server, have an Android app, and, ideally, an API.Does pCloud do all those things?<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CloudStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CloudStorage</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pCloud</a>

Anna SCan anyone recommend an alternative to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> for an individual using it for storing and syncing files? Of the alternatives listed here, I've only heard of NextCloud and don't like what I know about it. <a href="https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/Dropbox" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/Dropbox</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Diziet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Diziet</a> Any suggestions?

Grumpy WebsitePro tip: do not show popups AFTER I clicked the button. I can see for myself what it does now<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dropbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Popup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Popup</a>

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