There's going to be a lot more of this going on with Dropbox Public going. From the looks of it, and the number of emails about broken links, it might already be an issue. It's going to be up to the creators to make new links. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/dropbox-public-folders-will-soon-become-private-folders-for-basic-users-1638697 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Sharing-and-collaboration/Ending-support-of-public-folder/td-p/197906 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13188848 https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/2111220/dropbox-kills-public-folders-users-rebel