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It's a bogeyman designed to shift the blame of Dropbox's bait and switch tactic to paying customers. Customers are guilty by association to the unpopular thing

It's a bogeyman designed to shift the blame of Dropbox's bait and switch tactic to paying customers. Customers are guilty by association to the unpopular thing of the day, cryptocurrencies. The official blog post by Dropbox is interesting too. They also describe "individuals pooling storage for personal use cases" as "abusive." https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product/updates-to-our-storage-policy-on-dropbox-advanced https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product/updates-to-our-stora... More reason to drop Dropbox I guess. https://www.drop-dropbox.com/ https://www.drop-dropbox.com/

dylan604 3y ago
I don't care anything about what drop box' internal decision making process. I was specifically asking about why crypto needs storage that users were using drop box in the first place. Your soapbox rant is boring to me and unappreciated
- soraminazuki 3y ago
  > I was specifically asking about why crypto needs storage Possibly because no one was using over 35TB for cryptocurrencies?? That's the most likely explanation. If you look carefully at the wording, it doesn't in any way state that cryptocurrencies are using up Dropbox storage. Would you have even asked if you thought there was nothing suspicious about the claim? Dropbox's motivation is what matters when the claim itself is suspect.
  - paddim8 3y ago
    But what's your point anyway? They have to have an unlimited plan? They don't make sense. I'm glad they're getting rid of it
    - soraminazuki 3y ago
      I made myself pretty clear in my first comment. It’s not okay to: - bait and switch - shift blame to others with baseless guilt by association - create bogeymen to excuse yourself - suddenly change the rules and call people “abusive” Dropbox completing the final stage of their anticompetitive plan is nothing to be glad about either. > They have to have an unlimited plan? I have never said or even suggested this.

dylan604 3y ago

I don't care anything about what drop box' internal decision making process. I was specifically asking about why crypto needs storage that users were using drop box in the first place. Your soapbox rant is boring to me and unappreciated

soraminazuki 3y ago
> I was specifically asking about why crypto needs storage Possibly because no one was using over 35TB for cryptocurrencies?? That's the most likely explanation. If you look carefully at the wording, it doesn't in any way state that cryptocurrencies are using up Dropbox storage. Would you have even asked if you thought there was nothing suspicious about the claim? Dropbox's motivation is what matters when the claim itself is suspect.
- paddim8 3y ago
  But what's your point anyway? They have to have an unlimited plan? They don't make sense. I'm glad they're getting rid of it
  - soraminazuki 3y ago
    I made myself pretty clear in my first comment. It’s not okay to: - bait and switch - shift blame to others with baseless guilt by association - create bogeymen to excuse yourself - suddenly change the rules and call people “abusive” Dropbox completing the final stage of their anticompetitive plan is nothing to be glad about either. > They have to have an unlimited plan? I have never said or even suggested this.