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Dropbox full because of shared folder
Hi, i have a dropbox account and the free space that i have is full because of the files inside the shared folder that i have with some friends.
Is there a way to avoid that the shared folder that ...
Your English is very good Michele - well done!
And no, if you need read write access to that folder if will use your quota. If you just need read only access leave the share and ask the other person sends you a read only Shared link.
You can LEAVE and REJOIN a shared folder when ever you like.
So one method of getting space is to LEAVE the shared folder. And REJOIN it when you need it.
If you ONLY need some files from the shared folder and ONLY at some times, I would additionally ask the owner of the shared folder for a LINK to it, in that way you can use the link to it and download via web the files you need when you need them.
Although I don't agree with Dropbox, and this is the primary reason I won't spring for Pro, I understand why they did this.
It's simple, really. Say, someone creates 10 free accounts. 10 x 2GB = 20GB. Now, that person, from each account shares a folder with his main account. That person just got more, free, space.
- I dont feel like arguing your points since, you strategy of first complaining about how I market MY service and then acknowledging its not mine is pretty wack.
I never once said I was commenting on "your" service. These are the Dropbox forums. We're talking about Dropbox.
- All Ill mention is check the volume of files in your dropbox before saying you dont have that volume of files in your dropbox, because you do, that access to those files is shared with others so you can collaborate on content changes, is a bonus in itself, not something that should also give you additional storage space.
I don't even know what you're trying to say here. If anything, it looks like maybe you're just arguing your same old point about users' "amount of data accessible." I thought I had made it clear, but I'll try again.
"Data access" is not what Dropbox is marketing and promising you when you sign up. They offer users a capacity of storage. You can simply change up the wording to address this by saying that when joining a shared folder, you're getting a copy of those files placed in your own Dropbox.
This, however, is not the case. At no point during the sharing or joining process for these folders is the user alerted to the fact that its contents will count against ALL users' quotas, not just the owner. The only exception to this is when there is more data in the shared folder than the joining user has capacity available.
- I offer you 2 hours of free viewing of our streamed video content, additional to that users can now also share their own videos they upload. And someone shares one with you, and now you want 18 hours for free? HA!
"2 hours of free viewing" is equatable to throughput, not storage capacity. Your example would be relevant if Dropbox accounts had transfer caps. As Dropbox has no such cap, your example is irrelevant.
- As to your complaints, Im a user, Im allowed to think what I like, just as you are, I did due diligence before purchasing this service, and new exactly what I was and was not getting, it was all out there for quick reading, and or sample testing with free accounts. Failure to pay attention cant be blamed on others when it appears to be you who failed to notice.
Really? RTFM? We're not installing Gentoo here. We're synchronizing files with a piece of software that is designed for use by the general public. Such a critical piece of information about how a main feature of the service affects a user's storage quota should be up-front and directly available to the user. They should not have to research or dig around for this information.
- And my elitist comment comes from the number of free users who repeatedly tell everyone how they are leaving and then post over and over, your one of millions, DB make money to survive not by supplying you things over me (which they do do by the way), but by hearing problems I have first.
Dropbox is perfectly free to internally prioritize your feedback over mine. After all, you are contributing to their income directly and I am not. That isn't in question here. At the end of the day, the only differences between the two of us as far as our relationships with Dropbox as a company are concerned, is that you've handed them money. Both of us have entered into an agreement with Dropbox that we will respect the terms of service, in return for said service. Just because someone isn't paying you doesn't suddenly mean you should be able to go back on your agreements with them.
- PS: get of your high horse dude, I didn't come riding on in commenting on your post first. Trolling me got you a reply. If you dont like others opinions then don't mention them in your posts.
(Emphasis mine.) That word, it does not mean what you think it means.
I am here because there is something legitimately wrong, and you are seemingly blind to it. The very fact that this thread even exists is proof enough that there is a fundamental lack of understanding among users about how shared folders affect storage quotas. Since sharing is one of the main features that Dropbox uses to market its service, this should be unacceptable. That you seem to think it's fine is mind-boggling.
