Dropbox Shutting Down Mailbox And Carousel, Facebook Makes Similar Move - washingtonyoungs

Today is a rather interesting and eyebrow raising day. Dropbox, the file sharing and storing mammoth has announced that information technology will be shutting down Mailbox and Carousel services in early 2020. Facebook but then, has made a similar move where it has shut down Creative Labs, axing Slingshot, Suite and Riff apps along with it.

Let's start with Dropbox.

Dropbox made the cosmic move and acquired Mailbox back in 2020, and the company went on further to enhance its service portfolio by then launching Carousel. Sadly though, according to Dropbox, they want to focus more on their core product, hence they've successful the bold decision to fold both Mailbox and Carousel.

Dropbox

Interestingly though, the company went on to state that the uncomparable of Carousel and Mailbox will live in the main Dropbox app itself.

According to Dropbox:

The Carousel and Letter box teams have built products that are loved by many masses and their workplace will continue to receive an impact. We'll be taking cay features from Merry-go-round back to the put where your photos live—in the Dropbox app. We'll also be using what we've learned from Mailbox to human body new ways to pass and collaborate on Dropbox (you can see early signs of this focus with Theme).

I, in person, was a immense fan of Mailbox referable its sheer simple mindedness. But lately, it had become plain that Dropbox wish eventually lay off the ghost along it. Today's announcement only reaffirms that belief.

Dropbox has stated that it will close up Letter box on February 26th, while Carousel will eat dirt on March 31st, 2020.

Facebook

On Facebook's end, things aren't also contrasting either, as the accompany has went forward to blinking down Constructive Labs, known for creating a handful of great apps, which unluckily unsuccessful to ingest off. The damage of Notional Labs will be felt by Facebook's Slingshot, Riff and Way apps, and the company has successful the move to absent the apps from the App Store and Google Play immediately.

According to a Facebook representative in a statement to CNet:

"Since their launches, we've incorporated elements of Sling, Riff and Rooms into the Facebook for iOS and Android apps," a Facebook spokeswoman said. "We haven't updated these apps in some time and we've distinct to formally end substantiate by removing them from the App Memory boar and Google Play."

Atomic number 3 we enter upon the future, let's rightful hope these moves made by Dropbox and Facebook will make up room for more forward-looking product and do not spawn a Wave of apps being axed altogether.