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Dibrom
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd

Congratulations Dropbox! You've just put the nail in the coffin of all W7 users who prefer not to be spied on and constantly used for data scraping!   Well done. If the constant scaremonger naggi...
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earlpurple
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I have Windows 7 on my home desktop and I like it and do not wish to upgrade. Firstly, this desktop probably does not have sufficient resources for Windows 11, but primarily, I have a laptop with Windows 11 (and previously with Windows 10) and I do not like it restarting on me without my permission. I prefer to choose when I update anything, and unless you're fixing bugs or improving performance, I am probably not interested in your new features, especially if they use up more resources, and I have found that that is what most updates are.

 

Dropbox has proved a very useful way to carry around your important documents (in spite of Windows always wanting to put them elsewhere).

 

I see no valid reason why the existing software on Windows 7 should not continue to work, or why you cannot make simple light versions for Windows 7 with the features we have now and that this cannot continue to be supported, because I am sure there are many like me who do not like their computers being controlled by Microsoft and other software manufacturers, and would like to be able to choose what we run on our own computers.

 

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perry59
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

exactly right

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