#949: File Transfer explain

[Cueball stands near a computer, talking on the phone to another person.]

Cueball: You want your cousin to send you a file? easy. He can email it to- …Oh, it’s 25 MB? Hmm…

Cueball: Do either of you have an FTP server? No, right.

Cueball: If you had web hosting, you could upload it…

Cueball: Hm. We could try one of those MegaShareUpload sites, but they’re flaky and full of delays and porn popups.

Cueball: How about AIM Direct Connect? Anyone still use that?

Cueball: Oh, wait, Dropbox! It’s this recent startup from a few years back that syncs folders between computers. You just need to make an account, install the-

Cueball: Oh, he just drove over to your house with a USB drive?

Cueball: Uh, cool, that works too.

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I like how we’ve had the internet for decades, yet “sending files” is something early adopters are still figuring out how to do.