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by catinsocks 4528 days ago
I think they only offer such a large amount free because they don't allow you to store large files and that is what they want you to pay for.

Edit: you can see here maximum file size is 250mb without paying https://www.box.com/pricing/
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jeffdavis 4527 days ago
"they don't allow you to store large files and that is what they want you to pay for...you can see here maximum file size is 250mb without paying"

I found that comment a bit jarring. Is 250MB file size max and 50GB total storage for free considered to be stingy now?

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Dylan16807 4527 days ago
The 50GB is irrelevant because we're talking about file size. And yes, 250MB is 'not large', in that it blocks super bulky video files.
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morganherlocker 4527 days ago
I would venture to say that most people use dropbox and similar services for image sync. Sure people use it for all sorts of things, but I would bet that the majority is images.
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jlgaddis 4527 days ago
Yep, I got 50 GB free a while back (I don't remember with/from what) so I planned to use it for backing stuff up. After I discovered that the file size limit was 250 MB I had to reconfigure things in order to split files at ~200 MB in size.

(See also the limits on monthly transfer.)

Now I just use Amazon Glacier and my "Box" is empty.

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