Key assumption to your argument: Dropbox is a backup service.
I don't think that they are. More like the modern incarnation of a file server. Like a fileserver, they have resiliency against service failure or individual storage system failure (via S3). Cool stuff, but it ain't backup.
I don't think that they are. More like the modern incarnation of a file server. Like a fileserver, they have resiliency against service failure or individual storage system failure (via S3). Cool stuff, but it ain't backup.