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If Dropbox has picture viewer, why can't it have audio player?
by u48998 15y ago
If Dropbox has picture viewer, why can't it have audio player?
- vidar 15y agoThey don't want to make the music industry mad is my guess, same for video and movies.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- u48998 15y agoWell, what would Amazon be doing with their 5 gig free? People will be uploading their files, are they going to check if they're all legit? Dropbox could provide audio player for private files.
- kin 15y agoAccording to the terms, Amazon's only allowing DRM free music. Also, Dropbox has got https://droptun.es/login https://droptun.es/login Although I think the real comparison is between Amazon and bigger players like iTunes and Google Drive.
- vyrotek 15y agoI believe I read somewhere here on HN that DropBox actually only stores a single version of a file. If you try to sync a file that someone else already has then you never really upload the file. Your dropbox just has a 'pointer' to the same file. Seems like that would throw an interesting twist into the music/movie copyright battles. You could in theory upload and consume a lot of content that you never really 'uploaded'.
- kanak 15y ago> I believe I read somewhere here on HN that DropBox actually only stores a single version of a file. This is definitely true. For example, if you put a video show you got off of eztv in your dropbox, the upload is instantenously complete. Why? because someone else has already put that file into dropbox so you don't need to upload it as well.
- phlux 15y agoAnd a webserver!