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Author:  steve74 [ Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:46 am ]
Post subject:  Microsoft reneges on OneDrive "unlimited" storage
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft- ... bscribers/

Quote:
- We're no longer planning to offer unlimited storage to Office 365 Home, Personal, or University subscribers. Starting now, those subscriptions will include 1 TB of OneDrive storage.

- 100 GB and 200 GB paid plans are going away as an option for new users and will be replaced with a 50 GB plan for $1.99 per month in early 2016.

- Free OneDrive storage will decrease from 15 GB to 5 GB for all users, current and new. The 15 GB camera roll storage bonus will also be discontinued. These changes will start rolling out in early 2016.


Apparently, people have used their "unlimited storage" to backup their whole PC - who would have thought it! Not Microsoft, obviously.

Presumably, any files over the limits will be deleted - which is never a good plan for a backup.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Nov 03, 2015 8:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft reneges on OneDrive
I won't be surprised if this ends up in court. Doing over existing customers is just scummy, MS would need their chequebook out as far as I'm concerned.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft reneges on OneDrive
I can't help but think they could have handled this a bit better. You know, by having a fair usage policy or not using the word Unlimited without actually meaning it. Maybe they were getting advice on the meaning of Unlimited from ISP's or OFCOM or something.

Don't really have a particular problem with the 1TB of Office 365 storage - it's still very generous and should be more than adequate for the vast majority of users.
What does seem particularly scummy is the reductions to the other tiers, especially the free ones. If you couldn't afford to do these you shouldn't have made the promise in the first place or been surprised that people actually used them.
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