Dropbox Sync Alternatives
Users debate Dropbox's file synchronization capabilities and recommend open-source replacements like Syncthing and rsync for cross-device syncing.
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How does that play nice with Dropbox and similar services?
Look into syncthing for a dropbox replacement, have been using it for years, very satisfied.
Dropbox syncs anything you put on your file system across computers, the others don't.
Dropbox sync would be enough for me.
How about BitTorrent Sync instead of Dropbox?
Why dropbox did not implemented something like this? Any idea?
Sounds like that should apply to Dropbox, as well.
Ditch Dropbox, use something like Syncthing https://syncthing.net/
Dropbox shouldn’t exist either bc we have rsync ;)
what features am I losing by switching from Dropbox?