The Story of Dropbox ⇥

It’s explained in this very well-written article, but it never fails to surprise me just how reliable Dropbox is. I have folders and files of kilobytes to gigabytes and it never misses a beat.

The article makes pains to compare Dropbox to iCloud, but I think this comparison is unwarranted in many regards. For most people, Dropbox is about syncing files, whereas iCloud is about syncing application data. Dropbox has application integration, but it’s not what most people think of. If it can be compared to any Apple product, it’s iDisk without the suck.