Dropbox Wants To Replace Your Hard Disk

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @01:57PM from the we-got-this dept.

Barence writes "Dropbox has kicked off its first developer conference with the stated goal of replacing the hard disk. 'We are replacing the hard drive,' said Dropbox CEO Drew Houston. 'I don't mean that you're going to unscrew your MacBook and find a Dropbox inside, but the spiritual successor to the hard drive is what we're launching.' The new Dropbox Platform includes tools for developers that will allow them to use Dropbox to sync app data between devices. The company's new APIs will also make it easier for app developers to include plugins that save to Dropbox, or choose files stored in the service for use within apps."

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Re:Farts in their general direction. by epyT-R · 2013-07-10 15:31 · Score: 5, Interesting

It's not just about privacy.. it's about dependency. Considering the current crop of 'cloud' providers, whether they be storage or applications, truly be trusted? Current trends suggest not. Google keeps changing shit the fuck around just because they can, and megaupload was wiped out by a government that didn't give two shits whether your data was legal or not.
Having reliable tools is only part of it.. They also have to be reliably available. If they are not then that is an even greater inconvenience.