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Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits::Some people have taken "as much space as you need" too literally.

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[–] 54 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I worked for a company that was offering unlimited storage to its too tier customers.

I brought it up in a meeting when we first started talking about it.

"Okay but you don't mean unlimited. That's bad PR waiting to happen."

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What did they say to your remark?

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Roughly

    "what do you mean?"

    "You cannot offer something that doesn't exist. If Amazon decided to become a client, we'd be in a world of hurt."

    "It's fine none of our clients use more than a few hundred gigs"

    This was in 2018. They still offer unlimited storage. So I guess, what do I know?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    what would they do if some user just decides to use more than their "limit"? like hundreds of TB?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Boot them, most likely. Or eat the cost, and look to shutter the free space/apply limits ASAP.

    Not unlike Amazon Cloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox here. There was someone on the datahoarders Reddit who famously shoved a Petabyte of Data into their Cloud Drive offering, and likely contributed to it being shut down as a result.

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