The Freeconomics of Dropbox - Projecting Freemium. In a previous post I covered a set of quick calculations to gauge the profit potential of Dropbox.
These calculations were intended not only to gain some insight into Dropbox's financials, but also to provide a simple guide for gauging freemium profitability. Given the large degree of interest in the article I decided to write a follow up, on some other things we can do with these numbers. Why You Should Check Your Public Dropbox Folders. Here is a task for you. Go to Google, Bing or your preferred search engine, and enter the following search term into the search box at the top: site: What's the result? Right, 25k of unprotected Dropbox photo galleries. You can click on any of the links to see the contents of the selected gallery or folder right in your web browser.
(Please note that we are not saying that Dropbox is not doing enough to inform users about that fact) Home - Online backup, file sync and sharing made easy.