Microsoft Ends Unlimited OneDrive Storage, Downgrades Free Tier
Last year, Microsoft announced unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 customers. The company has now backtracked, limiting Office 365 users to 1 TB of OneDrive storage, slashing the free tier from 15 GB to 5 GB, and replacing the 100 GB and 200 GB paid plans with a 50 GB plan for $1.99 per month. Microsoft blamed “abusive” users, who sometimes used over 75 TB of data storing backups, movie collections, and DVR recordings. In other news, Microsoft is apparently aware of what users store in OneDrive.
Fricking Microsoft. They're up to their tricks again. If they were offering FREE storage then the users can store whatever the hell they want. Were users required to sign a document agreeing to only store certain types of files? Can you imagine Apple telling users they can only store certain types of files on iCloud?
Perhaps the boys from Redmond aren't as sharp as most give them credit for. What did they think would happen when they offered 'unlimited storage'.