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Intransparent switch to LimeWire #651
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LimeWire is spreading like a plague. I hope it doesn't get to PairDrop.
Reacted by Ricardo Fernández Serrata, dmotte, julausrie, Chris M, alizeh, Brajananda Mahata, Bardiya and tigeryfanReacted by Ricardo Fernández Serrata, Brajananda Mahata and tigeryfanTrue, this is dead toast. Time to clone for self host. Yet another dead project victim to corpo greed and AI bloat crap.
Reacted by James Alt, liam, David, Yoann Fleury, 2gn, Ricardo Fernández Serrata, julausrie, Chris M, alizeh, Brajananda Mahata and 3 moreReacted by ifilipis, liam, Egor Burkov, Brajananda Mahata and tigeryfanSnapdrop isn't even usable anymore, it's just a redirect to limewire. RIP
Reacted by dmotte, julausrie, Chris M, alizeh, Brajananda Mahata and tigeryfanReacted by Ricardo Fernández Serrata, Brajananda Mahata and tigeryfanVery sad!
As the maintainer of the Snapdrop Android app, I plan to move existing users to PairDrop, as I don’t want to promote a suspicious company like Limewire. (see fm-sys/pairdrop-android#406)
Reacted by Bruce Wayne, James Alt, DieHardjagged, Henri, The Insider Sandrush, r4ld, Loki@99, Poopooracoocoo, das_, Lysander Fontyn and 15 moreReacted by DieHardjagged, The Insider Sandrush, das_, Lysander Fontyn, essys, dmotte, julausrie, Brajananda Mahata, Pr. Sunflower, tigeryfan and 1 moreVery sad!
As the maintainer of the Snapdrop Android app, I plan to move existing users to PairDrop, as I don’t want to promote a suspicious company like Limewire. (see fm-sys/snapdrop-android#406)
Thank you for this!
I opened up Snapdrop today and was confused thinking I mistyped the URL and got to a phishing/scam site.
I don't understand how Snapdrop got bought out if it was open source? Did the original creator of Snapdrop just sell his soul?
Reacted by Chris M and tigeryfanI was wondering about what the fuck happened, what the fuck is this shit.
Thanks for mentioning PairDrop, tested it out and it works like SnapDrop did before they fucked up.Reacted by tigeryfanAs the maintainer of the Snapdrop Android app, I plan to move existing users to PairDrop, as I don’t want to promote a suspicious company like Limewire.
The promised update is already rolling out! 📢
The latest version of the Android app removes Snapdrop.net support and switches fully to PairDrop to ensure a secure and private experience. It may take some days though, until the update is visible for everyone in the store.
I strongly recommend not using Snapdrop anymore, as files now seem to be uploaded to the cloud instead of staying on the local network.
Reacted by DelofJ, Alfonso Martínez de Lizarrondo, jamesresend, essys, alizeh, Brajananda Mahata, tigeryfan and Ricardo Fernández SerrataI strongly recommend not using Snapdrop anymore, as files now seem to be uploaded to the cloud instead of staying on the local network.
Bravo. Thank you for making this change and for your work+time.
Reacted by tigeryfanThere've been red flags like a year ago or so, when the site itself was down for some amount of time. Then there was reliability issues for me. Thank god for alternatives
Reacted by tigeryfanHow incredibly sad this is.. Let's see what kind of pain it is to deploy it to my own domain
R.I.P SnapDrop (2015-2025)
It was great.Reacted by DelofJ, 2gn, Egor Burkov, dmotte, abhranil26, julausrie, Chris M, Brajananda Mahata, kspworks and tigeryfanwhy can't we have nice things.
Reacted by DelofJ, goto-loop, Egor Burkov, Chris M, alizeh, Brajananda Mahata, Version Kinda, Pr. Sunflower and tigeryfanReacted by Ricardo Fernández Serrata and tigeryfanI'm going to try Tailscale/Taildrop or perhaps go back to Resilio Sync.
Reacted by HeavyUtils, Brajananda Mahata and tigeryfanOh for fucks sake, just tried using it and got hit with that lime wire piece of shit :/
Do you know any other alternatives of in-browser local network share apps like old SnapDrop?
I know about https://pairdrop.net/ but I can't send images via pasting there.Reacted by Poopooracoocoo and Brajananda MahataNice job sellouts. Way to kill a piece of FOSS 🙌
Reacted by dmotte, Chris M, Brajananda Mahata and tigeryfanYou’re all complaining for no reason. The project’s source code hasn’t been modified and still open source, and anyone can clone it and host it on their own domain.
The site/domain isn’t open-source, and @RobinLinus reserves the right to utilize or host anything as they wish/can afford.
I stumbled upon this awesome project a few months ago, and it has made my life much easier when it comes to sharing clipboard contents locally.
Thank you to all contributors for making this project possible.
It’s very unfortunate that the site no longer mirrors the original vision of the project, but I’m grateful for when it used to just work.
Reacted by Zainal Hasan, HeavyUtils, Murage, Egor Burkov, Brajananda Mahata, Ricardo Fernández Serrata and percsReacted by jotch, Alfonso Martínez de Lizarrondo, Joystick, Nicolas Keanu Kratochwill, Lucas Steinmann, essys, IronGreninja, Lê Hoàng Phương, julausrie, alizeh and 10 moreI previously had a self-hosted instance in Azure as a plan B during the outages last year, but I've now reactivated it after seeing this mess! Sounds like PairDrop may be the future though.
Oh for fucks sake, just tried using it and got hit with that lime wire piece of shit :/
Do you know any other alternatives of in-browser local network share apps like old SnapDrop? I know about https://pairdrop.net/ but I can't send images via pasting there.
My instance is still up on https://snapdrop.mohammadag.com
I can't promise it'll be up forever, but as long as I keep that server it'll probably stay up.
Reacted by Egor Burkov, julausrie, MaySoMusician, Brajananda Mahata, tigeryfan and CiteClimbI recently had an unsettling experience with Snapdrop.net. Unaware of its acquisition by LimeWire and transformation into a cloud-based file upload service, I used it to transfer sensitive files, assuming it is still my loved peer-to-peer file transferring app.
Realizing my mistake, I was driven to prevent others from facing similar risks. This led me to create SnapDrop, a fork of the original Snapdrop project that preserves the authentic peer-to-peer file-sharing functionality, ensuring files are transferred directly between devices without intermediary storage.
While alternatives like PairDrop offer similar services, many users continue to search specifically for "Snapdrop", Snap-Drop.net aims to provide a familiar and secure solution for those users, maintaining the simplicity and efficiency they have come to expect.
Reacted by queequeq and lilacReacted by Ricardo Fernández Serrata and lilacAirCloud.sh looks promising. Repo can be found here.
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I've been using SnapDrop regularly because it sends files through my local network only – perfect for sharing between devices at home.
Now it suddenly uses LimeWire and the files get uploaded to some cloud. Has this project been compromised? If SnapDrop has actually been "acquired" by Limewire as the README states, shouldn't users at the very least get warned about their files being uploaded and not staying within their local network?