Allow a personal account to have more than 3 TB, or more than 4 TB with the add on

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.

@Sam DBX how long does the 'investigation' process usually take at Dropbox? Thanks. (question is from shinbeth )

@Sam DBX ... Did you know that two years at an IT level is equivalent to a geological era of prehistory? why does Dropbox carelessly and slolwly avoid the meteorite that will destroy it... without trying to evolve and update itself? A science&economics true mystery ...

Sam DBX how long does the 'investigation' process usually take at Dropbox? Thanks.

Mark hmm not really

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4068294-dropbox-shares-plummet-after-q4-earnings-stock-hit-with-multiple-downgrades

Jottacloud and Sync are 10% as good as Dropbox gets, unfortunately. Nobody uses them, and for a reason, they're cheap, slow and don't sync greatly the way Dropbox does - fast and without limits.

Thanks rafajacinto   

Yeah, Sync.com seems to have all the features I need, with a few features missing, but nothing that is a deal breaker. 

I have all my files on a local hard drive (because I don’t have enough space to have my archives on Dropbox), so it won’t be hard for me to move. But I do plan to use the next week or two to really tests out Sync.com and make sure it works for me before I delete Dropbox. 

Buck21 Same here. Lastvyear, after 10+ years as a dropbox heavy user I quit and signed to another service called Jottacloud, from Norway (what I like because they have really strict laws regarding privacy).

The 4tb dropbox offered were no longer enough. 
Jottacloud is much less expensive and it is unlimited, even thou over 5tb it gets slower.

It is not the same. Dropbox interface and searching options are unbeatable in my opinion. But after months chatting with them, commenting on this forum, I decided it was not worth it.

To make it short, I got used to Jottacloud and don’t miss dropbox at all. 

I keep following the discussion here to jeep updated. 

Have you find a solution? Sync.com as you mentioned it? 

If I can give you any advice, take some time to transfer all your files feom a service to another. I did it without downloading everything to a physical hard disk and it took me around a month using an application to do that.

Good luck and let’s move on. 

I’m out. I’m cancelling my Dropbox plan this month. 

I’ve been a user for over a decade and I’ve been lobbying for increased plan options for over two years, and resurrected this thread from the “Not being considered” to at least “Being evaluated”. But that was well over a year ago. 

So it’s obvious they are a broken company with broken policies. 

Additionally, they just changed their Business plan so it is $30/for 5TB /per user. 

That is a ridiculous price when Sync.com is $15/10TB/per user. 

So long Dropbox. Goodbye. Not that you care at all. 

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Lisa Douglas wrote:

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 work solely and require more cloud space and don't want to have to upgrade to a 'per user' plan as this isn't cost effective. This option has to become available soon.

 

 

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Dropbox never release roadmaps. 

My own view is I cannot see this happening at the moment as they've actually reduced the quotas recently on Business plans. 

In terms of the "mass exodus" there is no indications of that happening in terms of accounts/end of year stats as they are a growing company still. While that is happening they have no reason to change - because ultimately it is working for the masses. 

this really feels like it’s dragging on now.

it’s inevitable they will allow more space or there’ll be an exodus. 

dropbox - what are your plans pls?

we all need to know. 

thankyou