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Microsoft Backs Down, Lets OneDrive Users Keep Their Free 15GB of Storage

Posted by timothy on from the taketh-away-and-giveth dept.

New submitter Farfetched619 writes: In November, Microsoft revealed that they would be reducing free OneDrive storage from 15GB to 5GB for all users, current and new. Microsoft mentioned that some subscribers were hosting movies and large files on the service, which has prompted the company to make this drastic change. Now, after community feedback, Microsoft is allowing free OneDrive users to retain their 15GB of free storage space.

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  1. Another reason to avoid "cloud" solutions by Hasaf · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Terms are always subject to change"

    1. Re: Another reason to avoid "cloud" solutions by TinyTheBrontosaurus · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Pray I don't alter the terms further

    2. Re:Another reason to avoid "cloud" solutions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I think this is more a case of "You get what you pay for".

      You pay nothing, you get what you get.

      Other cloud service providers take your money and and make a contractual agreement to what they have to deliver for that.

  2. Dumb argument by lyovushka · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "We gave users storage and they have used it. So we are going to cut it." That is the dumbest argument I have ever heard.

    1. Re:Dumb argument by rudy_wayne · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Bullshit. If you advertise X, then you should assume, right from the very beginning, that *EVERYONE* is going to use the maximum amount of X, and plan accordingly. Otherwise, it demonstrates that you are dishonest and never intended for people to actually use X -- it was just an advertising gimmick designed to draw people in for something that you never intended to deliver.