Dropbox has always sucked.
Syncing getting stuck for hours for absolutely no reason.
No real collaboration tools for office docs.
File conflicts.
I/O usage @ 100%, forcing end-user to lower process priority.
It's gahbage--but it's better than the rest I've used.
Same thing still happens if you roll back to Win 7 from a "free" upgrade to Win 10.
Store anything in that "Documents" folder, during your stay?
Boom--it's gone.
I mean, they do warn you that files "might" get blown away, but it's still bad
practice to treat space you've explicitly set aside for the user in the same way
you do system files.
Better idea: Use machine learning technology to take better heuristic analyses of infected and/or compromised machines through Window's own "Defender".
Innovative, I know.
And then let users disable automatic updates, as well as schedule them on their own terms. Unless it's mega-urgent.
Leave behind an unsupported legacy client that doesn't update, but still phones home for your precious "licensing" every time I execute. Problem solved.
An anonymous reader writes: A lobby group that represents AT&T, Verizon, and other telcos plans to sue states and cities that try to enforce net neutrality rules. USTelecom, the lobby group, made its intentions clear yesterday in a blog post titled, "All Americans Deserve Equal Rights Online." "Broadband providers have worked hard over the past 20 years to deploy ever more sophisticated, faster and higher-capacity networks, and uphold net neutrality protections for all," USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter wrote. "To continue this important work, there is no question we will aggressively challenge state or municipal attempts to fracture the federal regulatory structure that made all this progress possible." The USTelecom board of directors includes AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, CenturyLink, Windstream, and other telcos. The group's membership "ranges from the nation's largest telecom companies to small rural cooperatives."