Reply to post: Re: The Problem Seems To Be Both Simple And Predictable.

Microsoft to OneDrive users: We're sorry, click the magic link to keep your free storage

Chris King

Re: The Problem Seems To Be Both Simple And Predictable.

Apparently Microsoft didn't have the brains to realize that there would be a meaningful number of people who would take advantage of the "unlimited" offer in ways that never occurred to them.

It would not have taken much foresight to have foreseen the inevitable outcome and so avoided this problem.

To be fair, this "unlimited" stupidity isn't unique to Microsoft, but surely people should know by now that they're effectively signing a blank cheque when they offer anything unlimited ?

No matter how high they set the bar before such an offer becomes a financial millstone round their necks, someone is bound to take the piss - like the guys hoarding 76Tb. If they're on Office 365 Home, that's like hiring a honking great NAS for just £60 a year - and if the sub was Office 365 University, make that £15 a year. Even with the economies of scale that Microsoft enjoys, that's just not sustainable.

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