Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits::Some people have taken “as much space as you need” too literally.

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No, if it was unlimited, I should be able to pipe /dev/urandom to it for fun if that’s what I choose to do. What’s this about “gluttony”? They sold the service as that.

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You can do it doesn’t mean you should which is my point. I can leave trash in a theater because they offer a service where workers clean it up. Doesn’t mean I should even though it’d advertised as part of the theater experience.

I’d go so far to say that we’re dealing with a culture of people who are in capable of self regulating and that is why so many things are worse for people today. Just because its offered as a service shouldn’t mean I push its limits regardless of the gimmick used to advertise it.

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18 points

Why are you arguing on behalf of a company? Why use the word unlimited if it is not unlimited?

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I’m not. Do you have access to this service anymore?

No one does because of a handful of abusive people who took it too far. This isnt the only case of this either. I’m arguing because I’ve lost many good services because of people that cant self regulate themselves

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13 points

Then why advertise it as “unlimited” or “all you can eat”? That’s false advertisement.

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-10 points

Because we all know its a business and that unspoken thing is the same everywhere, you have access to a service just don’t be a dick about it.

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5 points

If the theater specifically advertised itself as a place where you could leave as much trash as you wanted, then yes, that would make it reasonable to do.

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And the data was unlimited until they had to take it away because some users

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