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I will loose my original bonus storage space when downgrading from pro to basic. Why?
Through signing up (lots of) friends I gathered up to 49Gb of bonus storage. Last year I upgraded to Pro and now I want to downgrade back to Basic. The problem is that I now will be downgraded to 22G...
At that time the max was 50GB. This must have been around 2011-12
So have Richard and myself I'm afraid (we are both with user numbers below 25k). Originally you could only get 8gb as a free user. You needed to EITHER be Pro OR a Student to get to 16gb. To get to the full 32 you needed both.
You can see space you have learnt via www.dropbox.com/account and where its come from, however, guarantee it is NOT referrals. HTC promos were also between 26 and 50gb, however, they 'leave' a small bonus on the account when they expire - usually 2gb or so.
And what happens to my files if I have not downloaded everything yet?
FYI, I'm using about 700GB so feel do not need the 2TB plan as I have the 2TB iCloud as well as 1TB OneDrive.
While you are sticking to the same account - Yes (by Dropbox promises). You didn't changed account on upgrade and wouldn't to change it on downgrade - the bonus points should keep the same (they can be seen here). Take in mind that the same bonus earning leads to different earned space on different accounts plan, so 25GB may not stay the same (same bonuses -> different space 🤷). On paid account the same action (same bonus point) leads to bigger earned space.
PS: Take a look here. I hope the matter is clear. 😉
