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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Don't forget, from 2014 to 2021, they had George W Bush's Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on their board of directors.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

They were one of the first players, especially for business.