> it shouldn't take Apple/Microsoft/Google/Amazon too much work to put out a comparable product and offer it for free
This kind of thinking is exactly why Apple/Microsoft/Google/Amazon will never deliver something better.
Yes - they can deliver something better for free but they think "it shouldn't take a lot of effort" so whatever they deliver is not adequate.
They also do not have no business reason to do it since valuable engineers and time can be better spent on other business sectors. For example, Amazon Cloud Drive is just a checkbox (look you can save you photos and videos also on our storage) from point of view Amazon management. Google Drive is the same. Microsoft has the same thinking: look here is OneDrive - but we really want you to buy Sharepoint.
So do not expect anything of Dropbox quality from these companies.
This kind of thinking is exactly why Apple/Microsoft/Google/Amazon will never deliver something better.
Yes - they can deliver something better for free but they think "it shouldn't take a lot of effort" so whatever they deliver is not adequate.
They also do not have no business reason to do it since valuable engineers and time can be better spent on other business sectors. For example, Amazon Cloud Drive is just a checkbox (look you can save you photos and videos also on our storage) from point of view Amazon management. Google Drive is the same. Microsoft has the same thinking: look here is OneDrive - but we really want you to buy Sharepoint.
So do not expect anything of Dropbox quality from these companies.