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Just heard from dropbox that support for the public folder is ending.
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As a result, we’ll soon be ending support for the Public folder. Dropbox Pro users will be able to use the Public folder until
September 1, 2017. After that date the files in your Public folder will become private, and links to these files will be deactivated. Your files will remain safe in Dropbox.
If you’d like to keep sharing files in your Public folder, you can create new shared links. Just make sure to send the new URLs to your collaborators.
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It is one of the most useful features of the service for me as I use it to get links to single files that I can send to people without setting up shared folders and requiring them to have dropbox accounts.
(Save file to my public folder locally, syncs, right click, get publick link, paste. Doesn't get any easier than that.)
It's also useful for bb style forum posts where you can link to images with an easy tag.
With the public folder support being removed, is there going to be an alternative solution to allow easy public sharing of single files?
Sad how this company just stops supporting things.
I dont want to hear any BS about you can MAKE them from anywhere now, since you dont have to MAKE public folder links at all, they just ARE!
Knowing the content of the public folder, and the public folder section of the link, you can instantly create a link without any interaction with the DB site, while your offline if you like.
I didn't realise that when this all started, originally a user entered a feature request to restore this functionality and it hit the top six before it was censored and purged by Dropbox:
https://i.imgur.com/uRaN7Vc.png
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/2111220/dropbox-kills-public-folders-users-rebel
*Way to get engender trust and get feedback from your paying customers* !
(me wonders if this will get censored....)
(to Dima R)
The problem with that is that - I suspect - Dropbox will end support for any link beginning "dl." as soon as the Public folder stops.
It's worth pointing out that the 'dl=0' to 'dl=1' method still works in other forums, though not here. (DB obviously have control over this one, but not others).
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