{"id":8680,"date":"2019-03-15T09:43:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=8680"},"modified":"2019-03-15T09:43:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:43:33","slug":"new-dropbox-device-limit-nerfs-free-tier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/new-dropbox-device-limit-nerfs-free-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dropbox device limit nerfs free tier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basic users have a three device limit as of March 2019.
\nPlus and Professional users can link unlimited devices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSimilar to Evernote, Dropbox now limits the number of devices you can sync your files to.<\/p>\n
Dropbox have said they’ll honour existing device registrations for free users with more than three devices, but if you accidentally deregister one it wont be allowed back.<\/p>\n
Clearly a change (made very quietly) to entice users to start paying for the service, but could the move mean the company ends up in a similar position to Evernote?<\/p>\n
I was already looking at alternatives; this could very well be the nail in the coffin.<\/p>\n