The ultimate low functionality walled garden app – Dropbox: Cloud & Photo Storage Review

Since their IPO announcement Dropbox has been going downhill. We're getting a taste what life in the Dropbox world is going to be like once investors, vs users, are the priority. I have had enough of Dropbox' walled garden approach and am now looking for another service. For me, a long time Dropbox user, it's been a reliable service that's well accepted by other apps. On the downside, there are some disturbing issues: 1) Privacy: DB opens with the Recents page, including deleted files. If there's anything in there you don't want people to see, you need to make sure your device is not accessible by anyone else. There's no way to change this. People have been requesting DB address this weakness for years and nothing gets done. 2) Support: As in zero. 3) New features: Just the opposite, every year brings another reduction in features. 4) Browser incompatibility: Must use Safari as DB is not fully functional with Chrome on a desktop. 5) Interface: Gets worse every year. 6) Errors: Once you permanently delete a file don't expect it to go away. On the second attempt I get endless spinners or a message that it could not perform that action. Months can go by with that file still showing -- and accessible. 7) It's getting too difficult to get anything out of Dropbox. They force you to use the Dropbox app. Yet it lacks far to much functionality to do anything. Can't even email a file to myself so I can work on it. I get a link to open it in Dropbox where I've already established there's insufficient functionality. Very poor choice for a professional/working service. All of the above has been around for years. The DB community complains. Nothing gets done.
Review by xgh on Dropbox: Cloud & Photo Storage.