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Dropbox Now Limits Free Users To 3 Devices (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the PSA dept.

Dropbox has quietly removed unlimited device linking for free accounts, meaning that unless you upgrade to one of its paid plans, which start at $8.25 per month, you will be restricted to three devices for a single account. From a report: The change was rolled out earlier this month, though it's worth noting that those who had linked more than three devices prior to March 2019 won't be directly affected. However, anyone who already exceeds the new limit will be impacted at some point, as they won't be able to add any more devices to their account in the future, and if they upgrade to a new phone, tablet, or computer, the three device limit will catch up with them.

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  1. Bye bye by enriquevagu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That was the exact same point I stopped using Evernote. Time to find an alternative cloud storage.

    1. Re:Bye bye by tepples · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Between Google, Microsoft, and Apple, it's easy to find alternatives that offer free tiers with more storage

      Among these three, how many offer a GNU/Linux client? Or are GNU/Linux users instead expected to either A. lease a VPS on which to run NextCloud or B. pay the ISP to upgrade to a plan that allows forwarding ports and leave a PC at home turned on all the time?

  2. Why use dropbox? by fred6666 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I understand it was one of the first of its kind (certainly not bringing any new feature to us being used to having our own FTP server for years). But why would someone use dropbox today?
    If I choose Google, I get the integration with Email and Google Docs/Sheets which allow easy editing of documents by multiple different people, and pictures get hosted for free on google photos. And the basic storage of 15 GB is much more than dropbox 2GB.
    If I choose Microsoft, I get the integration with Windows, office 365, and the 5TB plan cost less than dropbox' 2TB.

    Dropbox doesn't integrate well with anything, so it's one more account to manage, plus the pricing isn't very interesting.

    What's the advantage of Dropbox? Why are people still using it?