[aleem]

This is probably the desired effect that Dropbox wanted. There is little reason to remove the symlink feature that worked perfectly well - it is a strategic move at best.

Reversing the symlinks means Dropbox becomes the source of truth and the dependency on Dropbox increases.

Personally, I used this to easily backup my Downloads and Documents.

They just broke all clients using this feature.

[ehsankia]

Yep, they've been removing features and handicapping non-premium, while simultaneously ramping up their Premium upgrade notifications for almost a year now.