Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoDropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down13
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkDropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformedarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·14 days agoAs soon as I read that, years ago, I thought “Well Dropbox. That was a very poor choice.” I haven’t considered it since. “You can use it with Dropbox!” they say. Yeah, nah.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoIt’s a neat utility and all, or at least it was neat back when the cloud was novel. But I don’t understand how what’s basically a minor iCloud feature became a publicly traded company of gigantic size.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoThey were one of the first players, especially for business.
As soon as I read that, years ago, I thought “Well Dropbox. That was a very poor choice.”
I haven’t considered it since.
“You can use it with Dropbox!” they say.
Yeah, nah.
It’s a neat utility and all, or at least it was neat back when the cloud was novel. But I don’t understand how what’s basically a minor iCloud feature became a publicly traded company of gigantic size.
They were one of the first players, especially for business.