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ae2rigc
New member | Level 2
10 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
    10 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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ym58
Helpful | Level 7
9 years ago

  

cdgoin wrote :

Clicking the "Copy Public link" in the app on Win10, it gives me this link:

 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15491148/Trolls/_Goat.jpg

 If THIS doesn't work after the lockdown WHY THE HELL DOES IT STILL WORK ON THE APP !! 

 If the above link will still work after March, then let us know that too !

@cdgoin : What I understood from their mail is that this 'Copy Public Link' won't be working anymore after March 15 since there won't be any more 'Public' folder (the latter being moved to 'Private')

I also suppose that **past** link structures as https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15491148/Trolls/_Goat.jpg will then lead to nowhere (404) ... hence our overall disappointment, if not to say anger !

 

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Machist
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

I have linked hundreds of pictures forums etc..

This is not good at all.

 

That is only reason why I have use dropbox, because easy picture share "Copy Public Link"

 

After that change, I think I need to find another service...

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