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ae2rigc
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
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Ending support of public folder

Just heard from dropbox that support for the public folder is ending.   --------- As a result, we’ll soon be ending support for the Public folder. Dropbox Pro users will be able to use the Publ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago
    LGM - the issue is that people are abusing it and causing issues for everybody by getting the Dropbox domains blacklisted which cause emails to fail and downloads to be blocked by firewalls etc.

    In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
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Mark
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9 years ago
Just as an aside this news is about 4 months old now (not sure why its suddenly gone out on emails to some again today) and as such they've staunchly refused to change it - same as when they dropped XP support etc.

I know it isnt what people want to hear, sorry, but would rather you had the right information now - that is this wont change so you need to start thinking about ways to mitigate the damage now.
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ROMAD
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago
Obviously Mark agrees with Dropbox telling their users to just "FOXTROT OSCAR"
I wonder how much he is being paid?
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    ROMAD
    Helpful | Level 6
    9 years ago

    Seems many don't appreciate Dropbox telling them to "Foxtrot Oscar" regarding Public folders. Looks like there will be a bunch of users tellin Dropbox itself to "Foxtrot Oscar and die". I agree with the prediction Dropbox will be out of business within 2 years.

    • kymarto's avatar
      kymarto
      New member | Level 2
      9 years ago

      Well that's if for me. I'm outta here. What a shame. I have links to legal audio files of lectures that I share widely out of my public folder. In Facebook there has always been an option to share the links from within groups. What do I do now? Does anyone have a suggestion for another service that allows public sharing of files as Dropbox did and is now about not to do. As soon as this is implemented I have to migrate and I will be ending my Dropbox subscription.

      Thanks for any suggestions,
      Toby

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