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0 pointsraincole1mo ago0 comments

The parent comment explained why they dismissed this in clear language. Yours is a random weird comparison to Dropbox (how is it related to this post? Which side is Dropbox, TikTok or Loops?)

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niel1mo ago

I believe GP is referencing this classic comment from 2007 on Drew's original Show HN post for Dropbox:

> For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

wiseowise1mo ago

It’s a new trend to shoehorn any random shit into this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224.

jdeisenberg1mo ago

I think this is a reference to when Dropbox was first introduced. I recall posts dismissing it as “just something that could be done as well with a bash script”.

Moldoteck1mo ago

And who is dropbox in this situation? A federated implementation for me looks more like the bash script while tiktok would be the dbox

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