Meet The New Dropbox Desktop App (opens in new tab)

I don't want another social network or collaboration platform, I just wants something that synchronizes files across machines :/

Smells like another desperate attempt to drum up users by adding something their core die-hard userbase neither wants nor asked for

No mention of Linux I see, guess market too small to care. Seems to align with the recent decision to weaken the supported filesystem sync options on Linux as well. No real loss, as there are excellent open source alternatives luckily.

I don't really understand the point of a desktop app: for the desktop you want filesystem integration, right? That was Dropbox's initial claim to fame.

I just installed the DB client on a new Mac and it is very aggressive about trying to trick me into enabling Accessibility access (i.e. full control of the machine) and ghost files (ones that get faulted in when you read them) -- which I'd enable if they could still be indexed by Spotlight, a feature the old Sherlock had.

My boss is using Dropbox for business-related and private stuff and is looking for a comfortable way to encrypt the synced data on his machine. The best thing I came up with was a VeraCrypt image for sensitive data, which he could mount when needed. That could be problematic when he wants to access it on mobile, though.

Does anyone know of a more accessible way that could solve this?

Has anyone tried it yet? Is it just yet another electron app? For something that's just syncing files for me, I'm not sure if I want a heavy UI running constantly.

I just saw the announcement and don't really understand what they are trying to do? I just need something that synchronizes my files across all my devices. Am I missing something?

A few stories down, dropbox relaunching as an enterprise collaboration

Is it working on encrypted filesystems again? I stopped using Dropbox when they dropped support but I'm curious.