Isn't Dropbox the canonical HN example of a "stupid and obvious idea" that anybody could build for themselves and would never pay for?

Now with a 6bil market cap is seems.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

(Apologies to BrandonM for reminding everybody...)

> (Apologies to BrandonM for reminding everybody...)

BrandonM doesn’t mind:

> I really don’t mind the commentary. I’m long past being frustrated about being misinterpreted, and I learned a lot from it, anyway.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27070138

But dang does:

> my heart sinks a little every time I see this brought up

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27067281

It’s thoughtful context that I think everyone mentioning BrandonM and Dropbox should be familiar with.

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> DataDog,

It's just grepping logs on steroids

> Sentry

Hooks on error handlers in JavaScript

> Snowflake

Anyone can just use parquet or DuckDB

>Okta

No digital sovereignty for those who can't manage users' passwords

> MongoDB

JSONB fields in Postgres, anyone?

/s