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Cost of storage is already almost-infinite and almost-free, and yet Dropbox is thriving. Any big (or even not so big) tech company could have built Dropbox, and yet none did; they all produced a half-assed attempt that failed miserably in the marketplace.

Recently, it was reported that an MS me-too product was incapable of dealing with file paths of a certain length. In 2014!

I think this line "a feature not a product" is really really misguided (to avoid using a stronger word); a feature perfectly executed is precisely what a product should be.

So let's talk again in 5 years and see how Dropbox is doing, yes.



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