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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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rileyph
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago
Why can't Dropbox preserve existing public links?
Then just impliment changes for new ones. This would save your users a lot of money, and reduce the anger felt towards dropbox.
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Bob J.
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago
Yes please preserve the existing ones.
I can handle new links by other means (albeit less conveniently) but it would be almost impossible to modify existing links on forums that are probably closed now.

If you have problems with specific links causing issues then get in touch with the person - they will understand and will fix the issues one by one.

But please at least keep those old links working
  • Bob J.'s avatar
    Bob J.
    Helpful | Level 6
    9 years ago

    I depend on DropBox for my whole computing experience - share folders amongst my three computers.

    This makes my computer wor=k simple - mynlatest file is always there wherever I am

     

    I am a Pro user

     

    As part of my contribution to the computing community I share images, screenshots etc via my public folder

    I do conservation work that needs pwoplw to have access to my work - for this I use dropbox

     

    I wish to continue all of this as part of my seemless DropBox Exerience

     

    How much extra would you like me to pay to keep this status quo please DropBox - it is worth real money to me!

    The Pro upgrade was a no brainer for me. I wuld pay more!!

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