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Microsoft apparently penalized OneDrive users due to abuse by few individuals
- ableal 11y agoRelevant comment at ElReg (no link, about #36 or so, by MacroRodent): "At least where I live, Lumia's were widely advertised with the promise of bundling 15Gb of free OneDrive storage. Taking that away might catch the eye of consumer protection agencies. No doubt there is some fine print somewhere which allows Microsoft to renege on its promise, but the local consumer ombudsman has in the past often taken a dim view of such tricks, when ordinary people are concerned." (I had also just posted here the OneDrive feedback link given in this Register piece: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10505424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10505424 )
- unixhero 11y agoAaaaah. Ye olde BAIT AND SWITCH Damn, I was starting to like Onedrive.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoThat's just a convenient excuse. I would guess they were losing too much money in cloud storage so they had to dramatically scale back. Typical Microsoft in that they overpromised and underdelivered. They seem to have a habit of doing this and never seem to learn. This stigma will always stay with them and you'll always have to question any new or existing Microsoft service again.