@kaa More and more I'm getting the impression that the higher prices charged by Dropbox are actually representative of how much better they are at doing this, specifically when compared to the OS vendors.
@simonwoods exactly my thought as well. They can charge a premium because they deliver a better product. I wish iAWriter had better integration - they are on an island with how they choose to add Dropbox support (although hopefully that might change in the future).
@simonwoods Maybe Jobs was wrong and file syncing really is a product and not a feature. 🤔 //@kaa
@Bruce I think they’re finding that out the hard way. It’s a real shame they didn’t buy Dropbox.
@kaa Given Apple’s track record with services, I think it’s probably a good thing that they didn’t. 🙃 (Plus, I think Jobs made that comment because Dropbox wasn’t willing to sell). //@simonwoods
@simonwoods Yep. I’m also grandfathered into their inifinite history feature and I’ve never had any trouble restoring deleted files. //@kaa
@Bruce This is the kind of thing that will sway me. The way in which it can be both a basic back-up utility and a seamless method of sharing -- even to myself -- is too valuable to ignore once you're using multiple computers.
@simonwoods I think they cut down the retaining deleted files to a single year. Not sure if that changes your calculus.
@Bruce Nah. Thankfully both of my jobs involve meticulous care of data, which for my preferred system involves making long-term files as bullet-proof from loss as possible (multiple sourced back-ups, etc).