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> Aren't the files still on the computers that Dropbox synced to?

Not if “smart sync” is enabled on the folder.

https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/...

Files that are stored in iCloud Documents will also not be backed up by Time Machine. Huge mess if you ask me. I therefore don't use iCloud Cloud storage anymore. It's just too complicated to reason about.

Source: https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/21/can-you-back-up-icloud-d...

OneDrive recently switched to cloud stored and you have to jump through hoops to make it so you have a local copy of everything.

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