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by ethicalsmacker 1172 days ago
5 million files is a lot of files. You could back up windows several times over and that’s saying a lot.

What normal user has millions of typical data laying around? Not many, if any.

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"What normal user has millions of typical data laying around?"

Enough that this policy is impacting some of them.

Again, realize that this isn't just talking about free accounts. It's paid accounts, too, regardless of the plan size. 2TB... 5 million file limit. 20TB... 5 million file limit. 1 plan with 10 users... still a 5 million file limit.

If you can't see that this could be a problem for normal customers (or normal accounts that may comprise multiple users), then you're not thinking creatively.

I wouldn't doubt that I have millions of files backed up on various drives, simply because I back up every system, and I've owned computers since the 90's. And I'm not intentionally trying to generate data!

There are billions of internet users. The "abnormal" group may be hundreds of thousands or millions, and still be < 1%.