- cross-posted to:
- datahoarder@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- datahoarder@lemmy.ml
Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits::Some people have taken “as much space as you need” too literally.
Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits::Some people have taken “as much space as you need” too literally.
They shouldn’t advertise lots of things but personal responsibility could have resulted in this service still being available so the bigger issue to me is the self regulation. I would bet good money the reason people used this much storage was for commercial reasons which would be abusing a personal use account. Which people should be pissed at rather than the unlimited.
Companies shouldn’t be allowed to lie about services, full stop.
They didn’t lie. Users could upload whatever they could. But individuals uploaded so much it made the company reassess what they offered. So like in life, the rest of us lose out because a handful of assholes abused a system
You seem to be struggling with the English language and what words mean. This is beyond my ability to help you at this point so have a good day and good luck!
No I’m not. The issue isn’t unlimited as the company did offer unlimited storage. You could upload whatever you wanted. The issue was that too many people used so much of it that they ruined the service for everyone. Which is why the issue are the users who abuse a service.
Unlimited doesn’t mean “upload what you want to a certain limit”, it means “upload what you want, as much as you want”.
You’re misunderstanding the word unlimited, as countless others before me have already pointed out to you
No I’m understanding that unlimited doesn’t mean I shouldn’t consider if uploading 30 TB of data would cause problems just like I don’t assume free condiment’s means I can take every condiment in the restaurant
2 things wrong with that analogy:
Restaurants don’t advertise “unlimited condiments”.
Condiments aren’t the main business of a restaurant.
But if a restaurant offers an all-you-can-eat buffet, there will be people stuffing themselves silly, because that’s what they advertised.
Its not a bad analogy because both are services provided by a company. Both are up to the user to determine their usage. Both are services that over consuming of the service makes everyone lose the service. Free condiment’s and unlimited data are both do not impose restrictions on customers. But customers should self regulate in both instances. At some point when you’re uploading 20 TB you have to stop and wonder when the ride ends just like a normal person would when you’re stuffing your purse full of ketchup packets
If the restaurant advertises all-you-can-EAT condiments then it would be within my rights to stuff myself silly on ketchup. But filling my pockets would be against their terms. Similarly, if they advertised “as many ketchup packets as you can take home for $5”, they can’t cry to me when I bring home their whole supply of ketchup packets.
Similarly, if Dropbox is offering unlimited personal storage, they’d be well within their rights to ban me if I resold it. But using to store 20TB of my own shit is me doing exactly what they advertised.
I wish the world was as utopian as you described. Unfortunately, and I’m sorry to say, that’s an extremely naive world view you hold. I hope you won’t be taken advantage of by people with less good intentions.