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Hello,
I'm a graphic designer with over 15 years of workload. This obviously equates to extreme files sizes. I was disappointed to learn Dropbox don't offer a package for single users over 3TB....
I guess what bugs me the most here are two things (copied below) that come from Dropbox:
1). 16 months ago they were reviewing the idea. Ok, review away. But I have worked for many big companies, it does not take 16 months to say we are or are not willing to do this. I am sure that management know already and that this is not happening. But the fear of people just leaving might be a reason to simply drag this out. But then again, look how long it took to change a style page on the web, which, BTW, is not in dark mode anymore AGAIN! SIGH
And some time later, status changed to investigating. Seriously? Again, how long does it take for Dropbox to do some engineering calculations to know if this is a money maker or not. As an engineer, the hardware side can't be that complicated, it's data storage and will you make money on it or not? (Don't kid yourself, that's the only reason Dropbox will do it!) . The software side should be even easier, since the software is done already, it works now. Or is it? Did the original designs not consider storage areas larger than a certain size so it cannot be easily upgraded? Again, as someone who has run large software teams, that investigation should not take more than a few weeks to a month at most.
So Dropbox, I do not care anymore. If you do this, I know your price will be too expensive. And my trust in Dropbox has gone to nearly zero. I just used a competitor's product, and while not quite as slick as Dropbox, I was able to pull back an older version of a file I deleted in error in just a minute or two. That works .
So I will start moving things out of Dropbox to other offsite storage, and just manage the small amount of storage your miserly squeeze out for the shrinking fewer times I need to collaborate with DB. Heck, half of that that need is now ion my own AWS server instance, and the cost is not so prohibitive and frankly, working just fine.
You can remove my name from this request. I'll live with what I have, and when I find this other service is fully handling my needs well, drop out completely. Thanks for what you HAD as a great product. I only wish you could have grown with the times.
My status changed to: Don't Care Any More.
---------------------------------Posted around December 2022------------------------------------
The Dropbox team is currently reviewing this idea. We will share any updates with you.
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Thank you for your insights so far.
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