Microsoft deep-sixes unlimited storage for OneDrive and Office 365
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Microsoft has removed the unlimited storage tier from its OneDrive subscription plans, and cut down the free storage tier from 15GB to 5GB. The company says a percentage of its users were abusing the unlimited storage tier, backing up multiple computers and storing their entire movie collections and DVR archives. At least one user managed to upload 75TB of files to the service. Microsoft says that it wants OneDrive to be a tool for productivity and collaboration, not a backup service.
As a result, all Office 365 Home, Personal, or University subscriptions will have a 1TB cap. The 100GB and 200GB plans will be nixed in "early 2016," and they'll be replaced by ...