Yes, exactly. I was noting the amusing fact that Dropbox uses S3, but using S3 alone already offered exactly the functionality they're launching today for less money. Dropbox is adding is a brand name and an easier-to-use GUI.
Agreed. The difference between "how easy it is to share a link on S3" and on Dropbox is a million miles. Sure, actually sharing the link on S3 is easy, but getting the file onto S3, setting up security buckets, yadda yadda is non-trivial to low-tech users.
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Dropbox uses S3… it is S3…
I think that was kind of the point, as well as explaining why it's so much more expensive.
Yes, exactly. I was noting the amusing fact that Dropbox uses S3, but using S3 alone already offered exactly the functionality they're launching today for less money. Dropbox is adding is a brand name and an easier-to-use GUI.
> Dropbox is adding is a brand name and an easier-to-use GUI.
And judging by Apple's success with selling BSD, you can get at least 11 years and a $533B market cap by doing exactly that, if you do it well!
Agreed. The difference between "how easy it is to share a link on S3" and on Dropbox is a million miles. Sure, actually sharing the link on S3 is easy, but getting the file onto S3, setting up security buckets, yadda yadda is non-trivial to low-tech users.
With Dropbox, I basically put a file in a folder.
There's always a market for convenience.
try and get my mum to use s3 :)