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If you're shocked, then you've not been paying the slightest bit of attention. Don't trust free services for anything important, and don't trust "unlimited" se

• rsync 14y ago
  Agreed. And while this is largely self evident to most people here, if you're looking for a deeper theoretical underpinning as to why this is the case, feel free to use this: http://blog.kozubik.com/john_kozubik/2009/11/flat-rate-storage-services-vs-rsyncnet.html http://blog.kozubik.com/john_kozubik/2009/11/flat-rate-stora... ... it seems we have occasion to repost this about once a week these days. And since we're sharing anecdotes, let me tell you what we just did yesterday: We sent out an email to every customer we have that is both 500+ days in arrears with billing and 200+ days idle with usage, and asked them, please, for the love of god, get in touch with us and let us know whether to close their account or input an up to date credit card or whatever. We feel so strongly about our duty to safeguard data for our customers that even if they haven't paid a dime for 500+ days, and by many measures have clearly abandoned their account, we still keep them fully live, just in case. The OP shows us what happens when your business model is a clownshow (freemium, ad supported, whatever) and our mailing yesterday shows what happens when you charge real money for real service.