Dropbox limited to only allow up to 3 devices for free users

Dropbox has recently quietly updated its website with a new policy that may disappoint many people, which is to allow only users of the company's free storage package to connect up to 3 devices. get a laptop, tablet or phone with their account at the same time.

For those who own more than 3 devices linked before March 2019, they will be allowed to retain their connection to Dropbox on these devices, but in exchange will not be allowed to link new devices ( for example, in the case of buying a new phone or laptop, for example). If you own more than 3 devices but still want to link all your devices to the same Dropbox account, you will have to pay to register the Plus or Professional service package of this application, otherwise, Prepare yourself to get used to constantly unlinking and re-linking your Dropbox account to devices! In addition, mobile devices will generally be included in this new limit, so if your account is linked at the same time as a laptop, phone and tablet, it means You have reached the 'allowance'.

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This is arguably a long-held move by Dropbox to encourage customers to join their paid service packages, including the Plus package of $ 9.99 per month for 1TB of storage, or package. Professional $ 19.99 per month with 2TB of storage. In fact, Apple's Google Drive and iCloud both offer 2TB of storage for $ 9.99 per month, meaning those with higher storage needs can use Google or Apple services at Better price. In general, imposing restrictions on known and favorite Dropbox users doesn't seem to be the best way to solve the problem of directing users to paid services. Not only that, this Dropbox policy can completely turn users away from them and switch to using other services - like Google Drive, which provides more storage space for a free service pack.

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Of course, this is not the first time we have seen service providers make 'claims' to find a way to 'earn more' for paid subscribers. Can be mentioned as the case of Evernote, this service also applies limits, but even 'stingy' than Dropbox when only allowed to link up to 1 account for 2 devices for free users but only