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I have an email notification from Dropbox in December of last year saying this will be disabled.

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Yes, I probably missed the notifications somehow.

They probably should have had some warning on the app itself when putting or sharing files from that folder.

It's a free service, so my bad for using it without a good backup, but I had used programs for a long long time that produce screenshots with one keystroke and copy the URL to the clipboard, saving time.

I figured this was relatively low overhead for them and a popular feature, so they would keep it. Lesson learned ..

I got the same email as the GP, but also saw a message on the web page. However, how frequently does anyone log in to the web page?

Disclaimer: I've been fed delicious lamb chops and duck at the DB office, so my view might be tainted.

Edit: I also received another email about it on March 1st

I got a notification about ToS change on Dec 21st, but it doesn't mention any features going away, mostly changes to which profile information will be displayed in various situations.

Looking over the past 6 months, I don't have anything else but "Hey, you added a new device to Dropbox!"

I got (and noticed the email), but putting notification in the app or website would have most likely gone completely unnoticed for me. The nice thing about Dropbox (for me) is that it vanishes completely to me. It's just another folder on my Macs that "magically" has the same stuff everywhere, and in my phone/tablets I pretty much exclusively use it's other-app-integration. I can't remember the last time I opened the Dropbox app or visited the site.

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