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How many people have more than 3 devices to sync between anyways?

I bet normal use case is to sync between desktop, laptop, and phone.

And I'm sure now some people will comment how they use Dropbox to sync stuff to their whole extended family for some obscure reason and that is fine. Then the free version is just not for you.

For me it seems to still work like it used to.

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Yours is a fair argument, but you are being downvoted for a contrarian view. I too have two devices I ideally have to sync between.

Also, why do we expect corporations to dole out free goodies for everyone? Dropbox has a good product, they should be able to charge for it.

I expect them to honor the agreement I had with them when originally signing up with them, and promoting them to others (earning 20GB of storage through referrals). If they want to reserve new features for paid accounts, fine, but don’t cripple existing free accounts to make them effectively useless.

And where exactly did Dropbox make a legally binding agreement with you that allows you to sync 20GB to an unlimited number of devices for perpetuity? The agreement you're referencing doesn't exist.

Of course there’s no legally binding agreement. It’s still a shitty move to renege the conditions of an existing account.

We are civilized people and don't need to shove contracts in each other's faces for everything. Somehow we have gone from being too violent to too litigious. Not bad compared to violence, but can be better.

I agree with you, if there was any mention of free storage for referrals, it should be honored. There should be no legal binding agreement. We are not savages to need contracts for everything. A person's (or corporation's) word should have some value.

>effectively useless.

fake news

> How many people have more than 3 devices to sync between anyways?

Work machine, home laptop, home desktop, phone.

Oops. One will have to go.

Why would you need to sync stuff between your work machine and private machine? That's just dumb and irresponsible.

You being technically apt would probably set up distinct accounts for say yourself and a spouse and share between if relevant but family accounts are incredibly common for average people.

The average immediate not extended family size is 4.

Also please note that setting a distinct device limit of 3 is only an effective and useful change if and only if it effects a significant number of users and pushes a significant number to paid accounts.

If you are miss using service then you accept the consequences, which in this case is paying for it.

I don't think we disagree that they can charge whatever they like. I think we disagree that having 4+ devices attached to an account is uncommon. I suspect that its actually the common case like a netflix or hulu account.

Streaming services are completely different they contain no personal information.

Laptop, remote workstation, 2 phones, 3 iPads

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