L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI trainingnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1667arrow-down1external-linkDropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI trainingnews.ycombinator.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoit was painful to migrate from dropbox. their api is shit and does nothing to guarantee delivery. i had to split folders into 5gb chunks and download everything in zip files through the browser. it took a year. what an awful company.
minus-squareeluvatar@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoWhy not use something like rclone to download your stuff?
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI tried several third-party tools and all of them had the same problems with the API
minus-squareM500@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI’ll never work with them again and actively. Advocate against them.
it was painful to migrate from dropbox. their api is shit and does nothing to guarantee delivery. i had to split folders into 5gb chunks and download everything in zip files through the browser. it took a year. what an awful company.
Why not use something like rclone to download your stuff?
I tried several third-party tools and all of them had the same problems with the API
I’ll never work with them again and actively. Advocate against them.