I was glad the article listed DropBoks first. It's the only one of them I've had any direct experience with, and it's great if you don't need more than a gigabyte.
As the article points out, "many have become unnecessarily complex, some are ad hells, and some don’t work at all". If I put time and energy into integrating with a service, then it's important that it isn't a complex ad hell, but it's also important that it's unlikely to turn into a complex ad hell two years down the track when the venture funding runs out.
For that reason, before I use a service I look into the "behind the scenes" documents like the FAQ. If it looks like it's written by a PR department, I run away as fast as I can. If it looks like it's written by friendly helpful people who care deeply about what they are doing, I'm tempted to stay.
For me, DropBoks met that criterion, although I'm also looking for a more capacious service, so the linked article was useful. Be sure to read the comments attached to the article too, there's some useful info in there. |
