@thibaultmilan the business model, I'm sure, is marketing. It's just a way for them to insert you into one of their marketing funnels. Either way, it's a great initiative and as long as it remains free; big kudos to them.
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@thibaultmilan Well Mozilla is a non-profit and this is framed as an experiment so probably it only needs to break even, if at all
Rip Dropbox. The question is, are people ready to use Firefox for Send?
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@samilkarahisar RIP Dropbox is a bit inappropriate. Dropbox is a mammoth with a ton of features. Send by Firefox looks neat for one-off sharing.
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@samilkarahisar It's just an alternative to WeTransfer and other apps like this. It's not going to replace cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive.
@arunsathiya I agree with both you and Daniel. I should have said Rip Dropbox in my case. Because I mostly use Dropbox for the exact same thing Send does.
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@samilkarahisar But then, file download limits and destruction after certain window are interesting features that are not available on Dropbox.
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Okay so let me get this right. Essentially speaking, this is like WeTransfer except that it encrypts your files yes? I am intrigued, but I do have to admit that with all the hype around encryption and encryption based apps, what exactly do you offer in terms of privacy?
I like the fact that each link that's generated expires automatically so that it can't remain a permanent resident of the inter-webs, but how exactly is my anonymity protected if say someone I did not intend to share it with finds the link somewhere, somehow?
We obviously can't get enough of free file sharing tools and your twist does sound like a twist but perhaps more detail in the workings behind it would clear some things up.
You have my upvote tough!
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@fouad_tolaib About your part on the link landing in inappropriate hands, Send by Firefox allows only one download. Once it's downloaded, it looks like the link being used by the same person or others would result in an error.
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A free, encrypted, ad-free WeTransfer alternative? Yes, please.
The only limit might be this 1 day/1 click limit. Might not be the best thing for clients/teammates/stakeholders that are slower to check their emails or that are not focused on your project that day.
A few days ago I needed to share a private key and cert with a party that didn't have a PGP key. I felt "dirty" by sending the key in plaintext, but this is amazing!
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Looks cool, Mark. Send by Firefox should be a handy tool for one-time sharing with encryption. Kudos on this!
Here's Mozilla taking a page out of *Snapchat*. The ephemeral nature of this service is going to make it sustainable I guess.
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Thank you for sharing a great project! I would like to add that you can give a try to https://www.producthunt.com/upco...
This service was specially created for sending huge files online with no limits
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On September 17, 2020, as a part of Mozilla's business and products refocusing plans, the service was shut down permanently.
Alternatives:
Sendgb.com and wetransfer.com
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