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ae2rigc
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

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
    8 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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Scipi
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

I really have to voice my opinion in opposition to this. Not only have I used dropbox to host images and such, but I've also used it to distribute binaries, code, and other tools/projects on a public basis. With these changes, I would have to manually hunt down every dropbox link I've posted in the last 6 years and change them if I want to make sure people still have access to my programs and such. Dropbox is pretty much making the exact same problem that occured when megaupload was taken down. I can't tell you how many times I needed some legacy tool or the like that I couldn't get because of a dead megaupload link.

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