Dropbox blames crypto miners and resellers for ending its unlimited storage plan
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Just the other day I took my toddler grandson into the supermarket. I was going to buy one of those little boxes of animal crackers. I remembered how much I enjoyed that little box with the picture of circus animals when I was a kid. It so happened that a Nabisco rep was stocking the shelves. She told me that most stores had stopped selling those little boxes because they are easy to steal.
On the plus side, she said, the big bag they did stock is a much better value. I guess so.
If it has value that people are willing to pay for, the available supply is limited by real world factors. It's only a matter of time until some limits are introduced --- one way or another.
DropBox has simply been forced to admit the obvious.
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-stora...
More reason to drop Dropbox I guess.
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.
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.