What was the genesis of requiring a "Dropbox folder", versus allowing me to designate folders (like documents, etc)? - QuoraWhat was the genesis of requiring a "Dropbox folder", versus allowing me to designate folders (like documents, etc)? Wouldn't allowing users to designate additional existing folders (say iPhoto, iTunes libraries) drive more storage usage? (Thus making the service more profitable, and more sticky...) The initial reason was that it was the simplest thing that could possibly work and make sense. The
