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		apple4ever on June 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The new Dropbox I disagree. If you have a niche, and you do it WELL, you can do that. And Dropbox did. But now they are messing that up. And not just this. They implemented a 3 device limit, and the next level is super expensive. Unlike any of their competitors. I'd say that is not a great business strategy.

granshaw on June 13, 2019 [–]

Doing well in a small niche is fine for a lifestyle company - for a public company like Dropbox expected to keep growing? Not so much.

IanSanders on June 13, 2019 | [–]

If it's staff that is expected to keep growing, then yes.

Reminds of Evernote which eventually had 50:50 management/development split

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