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I just ran into this because I use Dropbox sync with 1Password.

My 1Password standalone license is now limited to three connected devices as a result. Very disappointing.

Can't say I'll be giving dropbox my business.

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Uh, you didn't give them your business earlier either, because you were using the free tier?

Why would I give them my business now, after being kicked off? If I'm going to pay for a service, I'd sooner pay for Google Drive.

"As a result of this decision, I will continue to not pay for this thing that I have never paid for"

As a result of this decision, I will no longer consider doing business with Dropbox in the future, and I will steer colleagues and students away from using Dropbox

One could easily argue they would never become paying customers anyway, though.

Why wouldn’t they? They have in the past. I myself would have considered upgrading to a paid account if I’d needed more space then what I got from referrals. Now, I’ll stay away from them out of sheer spite for being treated in such a backhanded way.

Well IMO we should treat Dropbox's new policy as indicative. Apparently many people were happy with the free tier and made it work -- me included; I initially had a big installers folder which I then offloaded to an external HDD because I wouldn't be able to have my more important files synced.

So Dropbox figured out people would continue to freeload forever and devised a strategy to try and convert some. That's my theory.

With your attutude, I would be quite happy not to have you as a customer.

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