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Why does a shared folder not share quota?
I just got off a chat with one of Dropbox's representatives.
In short, I have a Dropbox professional plan and I created a separate folder for each of my students. Yesterday, one of my students got ...
Hi soundconvincer, thanks for messaging the Community!
As you’ve noticed, shared folders take up quota on all active members’ accounts. Users will need to have enough quota in order to be able to add and sync them to their accounts.
This policy exists to prevent people from giving themselves unlimited storage space by stacking accounts and shared folders. Currently, only Dropbox Business plans allow users to share their quota with other team members.
If you need them to only view and download files, sharing a link to the folder is possible.
Additionally, you can also have them upload directly to your account using file requests.
I hope this helps to clarify matters.
I just realized today that although I pay for 2 terabytes of storage so I can share with anyone, Dropbox is multi-selling the storage by making whatever I PAY for utilize space in another's dropbox.
That is unethical and as a company, we will be terminating all accounts with Dropbox.
If I am paying to put my files online and share a link with someone else, whether they can modify or if it is read only. I am paying for that space and file storage. Taking up the same space on someone else's dropbox because I shared MY folder and uses up all their free space and thereby forces people to buy storage to match what I am sharing should be illegal. It is more than double dipping for the same content. But as many people as you share the files with.
Why am I using dropbox to share files with contractors, when Dropbox is trying to charge them for the space I am already paying for? If I pay for webhosting and put a file on the server and send a link to download to my clients. My clients don't have to pay for hosting a file I already pay to host. This is predatory and selling the same service multiple times.
