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tabtitle: Bye Bye Dropbox
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tags: tech
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<article>
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<h1>Dropbox or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Use Web Apps</h1>
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<p>Like a good nerd, the day I heard about Dropbox I installed it. I made
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use of it's free storage, it's painless sync'ing. Funny pictures, apps,
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books, music: it all went in, it all got sync'd. This was extremely
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helpful when I started working. Install Dropbox on work machine, wait
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for it to sync, and there are all my NES/SNES games waiting
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for some quality procrastination to sink in. Or that picture I really
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wanted to use as my background. Or that music I wanted to listen to. All
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sync'd, all in one place. Organized, efficient, localized; Dropbox'd.</p>
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<p>Then a change of mind: why do I keep all this stuff that I find online
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on my local machine? I'm basically just duplicating files which already
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exist in locations online, offline for ease of access. There are websites
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which already tackle this problem. Thus, my quest began, to migrate from
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Dropbox to existing services, and remove another program from my machine.
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</p>
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<h2>From One to Many</h2> <p>There are many places that the previously all
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centralized content of my Dropbox is heading.
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<ul>
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<li>Pictures are heading to imgur, for ease of storage and ease of
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access to both download and share.</li>
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<li>Music is heading to Google Play, or Amazon. Either one will work,
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but not quite decided yet. </li>
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<li>Books to Amazon Kindle or Google Books depending on format.</li>
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<li>Most documents will go to Google Drive.</li>
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<li>Most applications won't go anywhere, either be replaced or
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removed.</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h2>Rationale</h2> <p>There are two primary, and one secondary, reasons for
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this sudden decision. First, I like having control of my environment.
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That's tough in life, but easy on a computer. It's part of the reason I
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love Linux so much. Second, I like my privacy. Again, tough in life, but a
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bit easier on a computer. Dropbox has the ability to delve into any of my
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files as they deem fit. Google is better, but still not completely
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under my jurisdiction. However, they're better enough for the
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inconsequential information I'm storing on their systems. Lastly, and
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secondary, is the fact that Dropbox has moved to a proprietary software
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base. It's a relatively minor gripe, but if I can use and promote open
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software over closed software, I'll do so.</p>
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</article>
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