You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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view only link for everyone says Join Folder, Copy to Dropbox, Download. I DON'T want Join Folder.
I create printables I share on Etsy, and because the files are so large, I send a dropbox folder link. It USED to be that the page the link went to would have the choices at top Copy to Dropbox and D...
JasonSilverDBX
Dropbox Product Manager
Dropbox Product ManagerHi Fairsarae,
I am a Product Manager for Sharing here at Dropbox, and I'm sorry the recent change we've made to Folder Links with View Only access have been driving you crazy! This is certainly not what we intended. There is another recent forum post where I address this in a bit more detail, along with a suggestion involving Dropbox Transfer.
Jay could we consolidate this thread with this other one in progress here?
Fairsarae take a look at my latest response there and let me know your thoughts?
So what you're saying is that there is no way to remove the Join Folder option now? You suggest Dropbox Transfer, but that's an additional charge? I already pay $31.98/month.
- JasonSilverDBX
Fairsarae, no I wouldn't suggest that a change we made to shared links should push you into an upsell. Definitely not the intention at all. I believe since you're on a paid plan, you should have unlimited to file transfers up to 2GB included in your plan. If that's not the case, then I need to do better at my internal pricing research. Additionally, I added a few other alternative methods after my original reply to you in my post above.
I just want to chime in on this as I use Dropbox for the same reason, and the new change is very annoying. Products that I have sold in the past are linked to specific URLs with hundreds of digital products connected to them, and if I have to change these URLs, customers will not be able to access their downloads because they have no way of knowing the new URL. Simply giving us an option to not include the "Join Folder" button is ideal. This new change makes Dropbox an inferior solution for Etsy unless there is a way to remove "Join Folder." Thanks!
SnowRiver
I haven't been able to sell any new stuff that's not like a single page because of that stupid Join Folder. I'm really frustrated. I've used Dropbox for everything, all my files, for over 10 years, but if there is no simple way to get rid of the Join Folder, I'm beginning to think I should look at using Google Drive instead.
