▲ 281 ▼ Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits::Some people have taken "as much space as you need" too literally.
[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) What did they say to your remark? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] foggy@lemmy.world 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago Wow that’s low. If I’m paying for unlimited I expect to at least go over 2TB since I have the space permalink fedilink source parent [–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) How much? I have about 65TB that could use a cheap backup! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] foggy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago A little over $150/mo Their service isn't storage, has nothing to do with it. But at a certain level of storage, it's... A steal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 years ago May I ask what the company is? You don't have to disclose it publicly if you don't want, I have matrix setup on my profile here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spiderman@ani.social 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spiderman@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago* likely contributed to it being shut down as a result. hope they had an offline backup. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kronicd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What's the company? I need to migrate away from Dropbox. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fluxion@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Got thrown out of a window permalink fedilink source parent
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago Wow that’s low. If I’m paying for unlimited I expect to at least go over 2TB since I have the space permalink fedilink source parent [–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) How much? I have about 65TB that could use a cheap backup! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] foggy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago A little over $150/mo Their service isn't storage, has nothing to do with it. But at a certain level of storage, it's... A steal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 years ago May I ask what the company is? You don't have to disclose it publicly if you don't want, I have matrix setup on my profile here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spiderman@ani.social 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spiderman@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago* likely contributed to it being shut down as a result. hope they had an offline backup. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kronicd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What's the company? I need to migrate away from Dropbox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago Wow that’s low. If I’m paying for unlimited I expect to at least go over 2TB since I have the space permalink fedilink source parent
[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) How much? I have about 65TB that could use a cheap backup! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] foggy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago A little over $150/mo Their service isn't storage, has nothing to do with it. But at a certain level of storage, it's... A steal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago A little over $150/mo Their service isn't storage, has nothing to do with it. But at a certain level of storage, it's... A steal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 years ago May I ask what the company is? You don't have to disclose it publicly if you don't want, I have matrix setup on my profile here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spiderman@ani.social 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spiderman@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago* likely contributed to it being shut down as a result. hope they had an offline backup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spiderman@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago* likely contributed to it being shut down as a result. hope they had an offline backup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spiderman@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago* likely contributed to it being shut down as a result. hope they had an offline backup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kronicd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What's the company? I need to migrate away from Dropbox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Got thrown out of a window permalink fedilink source parent