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That reminds me of that Dropbox discussion, where some guy said it's not worth it because he can easily replace it with some FTP server.


This meme needs to die and people should pay attention to the full conversation before making fun on it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

It took one clarifying comment from the founder of Dropbox for BrandonM to understand and agree with the value proposition.

The story of that comment is not “clueless power user doesn’t understand regular user needs”, it’s “user makes respectful criticism and changes their mind when confronted with compelling arguments”. That exchange is a prime example of what we should all strive to do, not a target of ridicule.


Such perspectives can wonder why their startups are not successful and users don’t adopt them




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