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Accessing shared folders counts against my Dropbox quota?
I'm trying to understand this. I'm helping a friend with a project and she shared a few folders with me. Other than the files she shared with me, I had hardly anything else in my Dropbox. I deleted everything else except for her shared files.
It seems like her files also count against my 2GB limit. Is this correct?
What happens when her folders are larger than 2GB - will I still be able to access them with my free account? I don't want to have to have a paid account when my files are no longer in Dropbox.
Can anyone help me with this? Or at least tell me what happens if her files grow larger than 2GB - for me? I shouldn't have to pay to access files that she has already paid to save to her account, I wouldn't think.
Thanks for any help - appreciate it.
2 Replies
- Mark
Super User II
It seems like her files also count against my 2GB limit. Is this correct?
Yes it does
What happens when her folders are larger than 2GB - will I still be able to access them with my free account?
You will be able to see what is already on your account but all syncing will stop - no new files will get downloaded to your Dropbox and no changes you make will sync back to Dropbox.
I shouldn't have to pay to access files that she has already paid to save to her account, I wouldn't think.
You do. Dropbox needs to pay for its services somehow, it doesnt make money from adverts or hardware etc. and every user has a cost associated with it.
If you only need read only access ask for a Shared link instead :)
DF-DropboxCommunity Manager
To piggyback off what Mark said, here are the instructions for your friend to create a read-only Shared Link to the files you need to access. They will not count toward your quota
