<story><title>Dropbox Reaches Key Profit Milestone</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/dropbox-reaches-key-profit-milestone-ceo-says</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>polskibus</author><text>How come Dropbox wasn&amp;#x27;t eradicated by Microsoft&amp;#x27;s and Google&amp;#x27;s offerings that are integrated with their product suites?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>noam87</author><text>Dropbox is just one of the best examples out there of everything that makes a software product solid: do one thing, do it well, don&amp;#x27;t bother the user, and be profitable.&lt;p&gt;* It 100% &amp;quot;just works&amp;quot; on &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; my devices (Mac, Linux, on a server, web, on my phone -- hell, I could stick it on a Raspberry Pi!).&lt;p&gt;* It integrates seamlessly with my filesystem.&lt;p&gt;* It has never, not once, failed me or bugged out on me. I&amp;#x27;ve been using this product since it first came out and have not experienced even a minor bug!&lt;p&gt;* It&amp;#x27;s not tied to any other platform or service that might have conflicting interests.&lt;p&gt;* No fancy &amp;quot;smart&amp;quot; features or unexpected behaviour. All options are explicit and behave as expected.&lt;p&gt;* No fancy UX experiments, just straightforward to setup and use.&lt;p&gt;* I never have to think about it, it just does its job.&lt;p&gt;* It&amp;#x27;s a paid service that makes money (this in itself IS a feature).&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s just better than the competition. The peace of mind and get-out-of-the-wayness is well worth the $10 bucks a month. One of the few products that would be truly painful for me to lose...</text></comment>
<story><title>Dropbox Reaches Key Profit Milestone</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/dropbox-reaches-key-profit-milestone-ceo-says</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>polskibus</author><text>How come Dropbox wasn&amp;#x27;t eradicated by Microsoft&amp;#x27;s and Google&amp;#x27;s offerings that are integrated with their product suites?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pdelbarba</author><text>As a dropbox user, even with my life in the google ecosystem, I find it&amp;#x27;s the software that make the most difference.  Everything works seamlessly across systems and there&amp;#x27;s no guesswork on how most of the common synchronization issues will be solved.&lt;p&gt;Microsoft and Google tainted their offerings from day one and I don&amp;#x27;t think anyone who remembers those systems wants to go back to them, even if they&amp;#x27;ve improved.  I think the old restrictions on file sizes and awkward interfaces have left them with baggage that Dropbox managed to avoid.  These are just my opinions based on my experiences using all three products.</text></comment>