Silver Idaten
macrumors 6502a
I used OneDrive because it gave me the most space for free - 30GB. If I'm not getting that anymore, I'm not using OneDrive anymore.
Microsoft Reduces OneDrive Storage for Office 365 and Free Users, Eliminates Unlimited Option
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And that's what they are doing--changing so that there is no "unlimited" version anymore.
They likely knew it can and likely will happen, but wanted to offer a more enticing service for as long as they could before they would need to switch to a more limited one.
mayhemburzum
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Come again? You obviously dont know how Apple icloud works
snowmoon
macrumors 6502a
You say that like office 365 is worth something to people.
EDIT: I have Live 365 ( or whatever they are calling it this week ) through my employer and it has been nothing but an unmitigated disaster in many terms. Service changes quite frequently and the PHB just tends to go with whatever MS is offering "because it's free to us" even when the platform is clearly broken on many levels. The recently rebranded Lync ( Skype for Busniess ) has been the most recent "I can't believe they are this stupid moment" with other notable mentions including the "what do you mean I have 2 MS accounts tied to the same email address" mess and "wait so outlook and windows 10 have onedrive integration, but onedrive for business doesn't work because it's actually a totally different product" madness.
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MaciMac100
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Enygmatic
macrumors 65816
As I understood it (and as a 365 subscriber), you were bumped to Unlimited if you got in during that period - you were given 10TB, and when/if you approached that limit, you either would automatically receive another 10TB of storage, or request it. I'm not sure if the Unlimited thing has even been active for a full year yet - that means people were out there needing to 'upgrade) 6+ times. Ridiculous.
I'm not surprised to see people in here bitching about being "wronged" in some way. 75TB is asinine... same abuse you see from people with Unlimited data, using 10-15TB/month. 'Unlimited' in these terms simply implies an ease of mind scenario for users not to have to concern themselves, within typical and reasonable limits. And no - 75 TB is not typical or reasonable. For a company like MS to feel that their service was suffering, it must have been quite a few abusers out there; remember, MS's cloud farm is what Apple was using for quite awhile, so they're not tiny or lacking.
The move to drop that unlimited option is completely warranted, in my opinion. Now, reducing the OTHER plans, and dropping the free tier amount, is horrible, and I think they'll revisit that. Too much is tied into their Office business, which is still one of (if not THE) their primary babies. I can see them sticking with a 5-10TB plan for their 365 and student accounts; regular tiers starting at 20GB for the rest.
Thunderhawks
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People don't get that UNLIMITED only means: Until we are fed up or it costs us too much.
The same with buying lifetime memberships of companies which then go out of business.
The fact that there are abusers doesn't even come into play. Normal usage over many years will burst the unlimited bubble.
Simple math and foresight should tell anybody at MicroSoft (or other storage providers) that if somebody starts backing up (Everybody is always told to make sure they are to back up) photos, family movies, their legit music and DVD movie collection, files etc. over many years they will amass 100s of terabytes.
Nobody can handle that, as people will not bother to throw out anything digital EVER.
Digital hoarding is much easier than having to store real stuff at your house/apartment where it is in your way
or you have to rent storage places.
MS finally calculated the costs and will be sued and pay to get out of this UNLIMITED promise.
In the end several $ 100 millions (75 cents for everybody joining the suit) will still be cheaper than having to make good on UNLIMITED.
So far so good, only thing they did badly was re-aligning their storage prices in a way that make them now uncompetitive.
That will be changed again asap!
Sounds like we are in the same boat. I was told by my IT that I should glad the company give me a computer for work. I told him, I'd rather you let me bring my own computer, cause this expensive (very well equipped) machine can't out perform my 5 years old mac at home. I'm personally done with MS after this.
macsrcool1234
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Just like the same people who took their 'unlimited' data plans and used it as a primary internet connection for their home.
It's always the few fools ruining it for the rest of us.
Why in God's name would you ever trust anything Microsoft ever says? They are not a trustworthy company, never have been, and probably never will be. That was your first mistake.
Your second mistake was shipping your company's most valuable asset (their data) to a 3rd party. By the time you pay for the increased bandwidth you could upgrade your storage. And you also lose control of how that data is retained and backed up. Oh, and you just put your data in the hands of a 3rd party who does not care about said data. We won't even discuss the unreliability of any Microsoft based solution.
I feel sorry for your company in that you made this bonehead decision.
innominato5090
macrumors 6502
yes, they do have access. Your data is encrypted on Apple's servers, but they have the master keys.
As far as I know, SpiderOak is the only company that lets you encrypt your data with your own master key.
Gudi
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All of you are using the words "regret". Does Michael O'Leary regret it, when he makes bold claims of what Ryanair will do and than retracts them after getting all the media attention? Microsoft purposefully lied about the unlimitness of their cloud offerings, when they were late to the market and had to steal attention from competitors. This is a mean business tactic, the service version of vaporware. VAPORSERVICE.
Seems to me that the much more fair and reasonable thing for them to do would be grandfather in the people who already have the higher free tier and offer the lower tier going forward.
The 1TB/unlimited thing seems like a big mess up on their part. Part of me is happy to see they didn't do anything shady to resolve the issue like throttle upload speeds or something to people above a certain level, but ultimately this looks really bad on them for not recognizing that some people are going to find an extreme use for it.
The 1TB/unlimited thing seems like a big mess up on their part. Part of me is happy to see they didn't do anything shady to resolve the issue like throttle upload speeds or something to people above a certain level, but ultimately this looks really bad on them for not recognizing that some people are going to find an extreme use for it.
Your first mistake was believing anything coming out of Microsoft's mouths.
Your second mistake was moving you most valuable asset (your data) to Microsoft, one of the least trustworthy companies.
mattwolfmatt
macrumors 65816
Office 365 is a PAID subscription.
burgman
macrumors 68030
If anybody does sue I imagine that defending a 75 TB account would have the court wanting to know if there is any illegal copyrighted material stored. the owner of that account wouldn't like the consequences of that.
while I had a active Office 365 subscription, I had rarely used onedrive simply because the sync-ing speed is way too slow as compared to dropbox.
I had initially wanted to upload files to both onedrive and dropbox but i soon realised that the effort taken to uplload to onedrive is way too much. dropbox took less than 10 seconds to upload a 150MB video and onedrive took a couple of minutes. that alone is enough to stop me from using onedrive.
the only thing i used onedrive is when i want to retrieve camera roll photo from my Lumia device. and since i had a Lumia 930, my camera roll folder now stand at 20gb since lumia 930 takes 20MP photos. probably has to find a new place to back up them.
I had initially wanted to upload files to both onedrive and dropbox but i soon realised that the effort taken to uplload to onedrive is way too much. dropbox took less than 10 seconds to upload a 150MB video and onedrive took a couple of minutes. that alone is enough to stop me from using onedrive.
the only thing i used onedrive is when i want to retrieve camera roll photo from my Lumia device. and since i had a Lumia 930, my camera roll folder now stand at 20gb since lumia 930 takes 20MP photos. probably has to find a new place to back up them.
DEMinSoCAL
macrumors 603
Not sure where you read that I was putting any value on Office 365? I have no problem with it, nor do my clients, but reread my post. I was simply saying that the free 365 comes with 1TB, so instead of getting their OneDrive cut, they are getting more.
MacGod
macrumors regular
LOL - you know almost every cloud based company has the rights (in the EULA) to access your files - there is very little they won't do - you want more privacy - get a SYNOLOGY and use their CLOUD SYNC technology and create your own private cloud.
And I’m sure Microsoft is shivering in its boots because of it.
MacGod
macrumors regular
What is the old adage: Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Really, the story should be about people's abuse of the 'unlimited' moniker. If I have Office 365, everyone gets a cloud drive and that is a great way to store things from a user point of view.
It is just humorous that those people who have unlimited accounts, will push that boundary until the company that is being abused pushes back on all the consumers (e.g. AT&T Unlimited iPhone data plans and now this One Drive).
Really, the story should be about people's abuse of the 'unlimited' moniker. If I have Office 365, everyone gets a cloud drive and that is a great way to store things from a user point of view.
It is just humorous that those people who have unlimited accounts, will push that boundary until the company that is being abused pushes back on all the consumers (e.g. AT&T Unlimited iPhone data plans and now this One Drive).