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JDTurkelton
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
People I shared my folders with cannot access due to "not enough space" - this is unacceptable.
I am the tech lead for my church and I have people who take photos of services and events. I wanted to use Dropbox as a place where they could upload their photos and the Pastor and I could get them...
Rich
Super User II
12 months agotheflyingburritto wrote:Why does DB force data to be duplicated when a user simply needs access.
One of the main reasons is to prevent the stacking of accounts for unlimited storage.
theflyingburritto wrote:Why can't someone without a subscription that has been shared a folder from someone with sufficient storage space not be able to have access and have it stored locally?
If they just need to access the files, use a view-only shared link instead. If they need to store the files in their own account, then those files will take up space in their account, thus they need enough available space to hold the files.
DBoxTips
12 months agoExperienced | Level 13
Rich wrote:
One of the main reasons is to prevent the stacking of accounts for unlimited storage
How would that actually work, though? The space of the account that shares the folder is limited. And if that account's quota is filled, the folder would just stop syncing, just like it does for any user who exceeds their storage limit?
Andrew (DBoxTips)
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