No additional space on Business Advanced

Eldon McGuinness  - What have you been migrating to?  We have QNAP NAS/DAS systems in our offices but for such a small company its hard for us to keep up with getting everything to always sync and DB has always just been a good solution for us for a number of reasons.  The ability to selectively sync to our local machines (media company here, 12k video files are really much easier to edit via DAS or our editing computer's hard drive) so we would sync the current project down, then sync it back up - and then could do the same to share between editors in different locations etc and occasionally with clients. 

This is very similar to my experience... promise "as much as you need", then cavalierly say, oh only 5TB per user.  No price reduction.  They are truly an unethical company... 

Yes, I received very disingenuous responses - and then a chat that was terminated (citing a lack of response on my end... though I was there, responding to every comment within seconds.)

Horribly unethical.

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The bottom line.  Dropbox lied.  My current renewal doesn't even expire until next year and yet they have effective Nov 1st, limited my account to 5TB per person on the Advanced plan.   They advertised  “as much storage as needed” and now completely reversed that... with no reduction in price.  

They have parlayed some sort of crypto abuse of their system (they are responsible to [police) into a dramatic reduction in service with no commensurate reduction in price.  This is bad business and reduces trust.  Not the Dropbox I started with many years ago.  Very unhappy.

Yes, I have reached out to support. They promised sales would contact me. No one ever did. I tried chat, and the representative quickly apologized that the "new" limitations affected me and closed the chat prematurely (in a matter of seconds after my last response because of "non-response".  VERY disingenuous. I was actively engaged in the conversation and he clearly blew me off.)

They are getting pushback on this and rightly so.... 

Dear Dropbox Team,

I would like to express my deep disappointment with the new policy that limits my storage space on Dropbox. As a photographer, I have been a devoted user of your service specifically because of the unlimited storage space it offered. This feature allowed me to securely archive all of my job records while ensuring easy accessibility at any given time.

Furthermore, I rely on this ample storage capacity to efficiently collaborate with my team by sharing large image files, facilitating our dynamic workflow. Over the years, we have accumulated a substantial number of files on Dropbox, making it impractical to migrate everything elsewhere at this juncture.

In addition to being loyal Dropbox users, we recently upgraded to a Dropbox Business account, primarily due to the appeal of the unlimited storage plan. It's worth noting that the monthly cost of this subscription is already quite expensive for our team.

The recent adjustment in the storage limit while maintaining the same pricing structure has raised concerns. It appears to penalize dedicated users like us, who have not engaged in any unfair or inappropriate use of your system, as you have mentioned as the main reason for this policy change.

I urge you to consider a more equitable approach, where restrictions are applied selectively to those who misuse the service, rather than affecting the entire user base. This would be a fairer and more respectful way to address any issues while honoring the loyalty and trust of genuine, long-standing clients like myself.

I look forward to hearing your response and hope that we can find a solution that better aligns with the needs and expectations of your dedicated users.

Sincerely,

Alexandre

Indeed, I recommend people to take a look there, if they're ok with the associated risks, first.

eBay has TONS of used enterprise storage devices. Plenty that won't break the bank and and can be configured how you want it. Install whatever OS you want in it and throw a 10gb SFP card in it, for example;

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154728911136?var=454821194443

Eldon McGuinness Doesn't include drives, but purpose built and solid customer service.