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#248900 15-Apr-2019 15:40
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Just a heads up. Dropbox (apparently silently) changed their policy around connected devices for free accounts in March. From now on free accounts have a three device limit. If you currently have more than three devices in your device list, you'll be fine until you try to replace or add a device. As soon as you try to add or replace a device, you'll have to delete pretty much every device in your list except two, then you'll be able to add the third. You'll find the device list under Settings/Security/Devices.

 

What do I do if my device limit is reached?
If you're a Basic user and you linked more than three devices prior to March 2019, all of your previously linked devices remain linked.

 

However, if you'd like to link a new device (or re-link a previously linked device), you must unlink all currently linked devices (down to less than three), and then you can link your new devices (up to three).





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  #2217498 15-Apr-2019 15:45
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Yea, very user hostile.

 

There's much better solutions out there now anyway IMHO (DIY: Nextcloud & Syncthing or Paid Google Drive/Onedrive etc), but Dropbox certainly pioneered the way to easy-to-use file-syncing.

 

Remember the good old days of Dropbox Quest or whatever it was called?  Very smart/clever marketing.




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  #2217547 15-Apr-2019 16:16
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muppet:

 

Yea, very user hostile.

 

There's much better solutions out there now anyway IMHO (DIY: Nextcloud & Syncthing or Paid Google Drive/Onedrive etc), but Dropbox certainly pioneered the way to easy-to-use file-syncing.

 

Remember the good old days of Dropbox Quest or whatever it was called?  Very smart/clever marketing.

 

 

I had the fortune to be an early adopter of Dropbox, and introduced a lot of people to it through mailing lists back in the day, in the process accumulating many 250 Mb bonuses up to a total of around 16 Gb capacity, all on a free account.
It seems to have reached a similar position as Skype in that it is a default, and even minimally-techy people understand generally how it works.

 

I've been investigating alternatives such as Nextcloud, but to be honest, Dropbox works well enough that my motivation to change is pretty low.


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  #2217561 15-Apr-2019 16:24
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They've certainly played their part in the grand scheme. I'm more than happy with the service I've had so far, especially for the price of $0. Dropbox is just really convenient for the few files I regularly accessed from multiple devices, but not so convenient that I'd spend $US10 a month to retain the service. Especially when I already have other facilities I'm paying for (that are quite a bit less than $US10 a month). I'm only using ~3GB of the 12GB on my account, which can easily be absorbed by another service.





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  #2222046 22-Apr-2019 10:53
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I have just come across this limit.

 

Currently have 61 linked devices, across ipads, iphones, pc's/notebooks. 

 

Many of those 61 devices are no longer in use but this is a serious inconvenience.   

 

I will have to stop using dropbox, I'm thinking onedrive .   Or, maybe will check apples offerings... I am fine with paying for a service, but which one?

 

Still haven't got around to replacing crashplan either....I'm wondering if I can kill 2 birds with one stone here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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