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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seeing dropbox is actually a ycombinator alumni it’s not that surprising πŸ˜„

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want a laugh, go back to their initial "Show HN" post. It made one person with the top comment rather infamous for being out of touch with his comment on "I could just rsync, why would I use this?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

For what it's worth, the reputation of the BrandonM comment on the Dropbox post is pretty overblown compared to what was actually written. The post highlighted some concerns that were legitimate in 2007. And the tone of the comments were supportive of dropbox -- the poster acknowledged the feedback and offered use cases that still would lean towards Dropbox, and BrandonM responded that they made sense and wished them luck.