It's even worse than it appears.
Friday April 24, 2020; 1:12 PM EDT
  • Dropbox on Linux appears to be killing itself. #
  • When I do a "dropbox status" from the command line, it says: "Upgrading Dropbox..."#
  • It never stops trying to upgrade itself. #
  • It isn't syncing while supposedly upgrading. #
  • I've searched and on various support boards that this has been happening for years for others.#
  • It seems I spend a week every few months nursing Dropbox back to health, usually by lopping off big pieces of my Dropbox archive. It might be time to try something new. #

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