Dropbox has decided to discontinue its unlimited storage plan as a result of its misuse by certain users who engaged in crypto mining and illicit storage resale.
This scheme will be replaced with a metered storage approach that provides new users with a 15-terabyte allocation. The company cited instances where users consumed “thousands of times more storage than our genuine business customers,” resulting in disparate usage levels.
Microsoft and Google, two industry titans, have also modified their storage policies comparable to Dropbox’s.
Abuse of the unlimited storage privilege has prompted Dropbox to adopt a restricted model to provide a more equitable and dependable experience for all users.
While legitimate instances may require extensive storage, the company acknowledged that misconduct has increased, such as individuals reselling storage and sharing it with unrelated users for personal use.
The impracticality of enforcing acceptable-use restrictions prompted Dropbox to embrace metered storage.
With at least 30 days’ notice, existing Advanced plan users will progressively migrate to the modified scheme.
Notably, over 99 percent of users do not exceed the 35TB per license threshold. These teams will maintain their present storage levels and receive an additional 5TB of pooled storage at no extra cost for five years.
The utmost storage capacity for all Advanced plan variants is capped at 1 PB.
Starting September 18th, storage add-ons will be available for $10 per month for 1TB on a month-to-month plan and $8 per month on an annual plan.
