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If I want to upload and download random bytes to profile S3's performance, Amazon will happily bill me. A customer purchased a Dropbox subscription, with no sto
by Manuel_D 3y ago
If I want to upload and download random bytes to profile S3's performance, Amazon will happily bill me. A customer purchased a Dropbox subscription, with no storage limit and no per-byte billing. We had no item in our ToS prohibiting this kind of access pattern. In this prof's mind, testing to see if a tech company that promised "unlimited storage" would actually store unlimited data was something useful.
The vibe at Dropbox was more along the lines of "yeah this guy's a bit of a jerk, but we did say 'unlimited'". Moral of the story: never ever use the word "unlimited" in your service plan.*
* at least not without an asterisk explaining that "unlimited" actually has a limit.
- m-p-3 3y agoSame with "lifetime", especially when it's a service. It never ends well when there isn't a stable income to offset the cost of lifetime subscribers.