Not sure. My sister recently had her wedding and obviously the issue of sharing photos comes up.
Me: "Just put them in cloud storage."
Her: "Oh you mean ##a## DropBox?"
It has become a common noun instead of a proper noun - at least for the less savvy. That level of entrenchment was one of Facebook's historical defining moments.
The "DropBox" has been around longer than the service though...
I heard it for the first time with KDX (Haxial) servers, where you had one designated folder into which you could upload files to the server (the others were read-only). But I'm certain that it was used for ftp servers/clients in the same way before
Me: "Just put them in cloud storage." Her: "Oh you mean ##a## DropBox?"
It has become a common noun instead of a proper noun - at least for the less savvy. That level of entrenchment was one of Facebook's historical defining moments.
Edit: Grr, homegrown textile.