Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkDropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformedarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: technology
minus-squarespamfajitas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoDon’t forget, from 2014 to 2021, they had George W Bush’s Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on their board of directors.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoAs 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.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’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.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThey were one of the first players, especially for business.
Don’t forget, from 2014 to 2021, they had George W Bush’s Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on their board of directors.
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.
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.
They were one of the first players, especially for business.