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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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abela
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Vast majority of comments here seem to be along the lines of "i have posted links to images/videos on forums and now they will break."

 

So, basically Dropbox does not want to be everybodies CDN anymore.

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Elizabeth G.10
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

 

abela wrote:

Vast majority of comments here seem to be along the lines of "i have posted links to images/videos on forums and now they will break."

 

So, basically Dropbox does not want to be everybodies CDN anymore.

But that's what I'm paying them for; It is a sharing and collaboration tool. Is it not?

 

If it was just for file backups, I would be using backblaze at half the cost and unlimited storage.

 

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

    This functionality was and is the only reason I use Dropbox. If your intent was to push people away, congratulations.

     

    I'm off to go buid my own Seafile server now, thanks, where I control the whole thing. I think I'd have been better off tossing things up on S3 instead, all these years.

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