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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.
In that case, I would ask you to stay on topic. Obviously, Steve is leaving because of the problem I've outlined very clearly, and which the bulk of the other users in this thread have experienced first-hand.
You are very much allowed to reply in order to bid him goodbye; these are, after all, public forums and I'm sure the mods have no problem with that. However, your post contains nothing that actually adds to this discussion. In fact, it reads to me as if you're looking down and laughing at this person who came here only to cast in his opinion that the issue at hand is real, and that Dropbox will be losing a user because of it.
You've gone on for several posts now since I presented my argument as to why, exactly, this business of taking users' promised space without alerting them is a problem. Your excuse is that it would be a rehash? Since my points are in response to the ones you'd be rehashing, they are ultimately insufficient anyway.
I'll admit, I've been a bit emotional writing a few of these posts, and I can become a bit antagonizing when that happens, but never has that been my goal. If you want my contributions here to be devoid of emotional influence, so be it. To clarify: I am asking for a clear, concise counter-argument to the statements in bold from my previous post. You have yet in this thread to provide such argument, and my previous posts outline exactly why.
