Something weird I noticed about Dropbox:
I cancelled my paid account two years ago. I had 5 terabytes of storage being used (mostly shitty concert vids and food pics).
Everyday they email me telling me I’m over my limit. They always “threaten” to delete the data but it’s been two years since I cancelled.
My Qs are: why are they hoarding my data for so long? Why would they want to do this? How cheap is storage for them to want to do this? How likely is it that they have sold my data to train various LLMs with?
If they delete your stuff, you almost certainly won’t resume your subscription. The cost of storage may be lower than the benefit from re-subscriptions, and possibly the cost of actually implementing and maintaining an automated deletion process in compliance with all jurisdictions.
You can just delete your data dude. No one is forcing you to keep it there. They’re generally not going to do something destructive because of unpaid bills. It’s nice of them
But why do I have to log into Dropbox to do this? I haven't logged into the site in 2 years and don't plan on it. I just find it odd that they keep threatening to delete my data but from where I'm standing it looks like they will keep my data indefinitely.
I'm not forcing them to do anything. I terminated my service and they're still keeping my data. Seems like shitty consumer rights that they'll just keep the data regardless of what I do.
That's what I'm trying to figure out, if others have similar stories.
>Seems like shitty consumer rights that they'll just keep the data regardless of what I do.
But they aren't keeping it regardless of what you do. You can ask them to delete it and they will. The power is in your hands and you are refusing to use it.
They are absolutely keeping it regardless of what I do, I cancelled two years ago (next month it'll be three years) and they send me daily emails about how they will threaten to delete the data when they have no intention of doing so.
You don't find that misleading and poor for consumers? Companies shouldn't have carte blanche to do whatever they want. Especially when I terminated a service years ago.
Once again you think it's a good policy to indefinitely retain data after nearly three years since canceling and you can't imagine why consumers would be upset about this policy?
Hopefully something breaks through your mind, maybe you're understand why the majority of the public don't trust or like big tech.
I understand some people want their data deleted, but think more customers would want the data saved in case they renew.
The part I dont understand is feeling helpless, complaining, and dealing with daily emails when it would take 60 seconds to log in and delete the files.
It is like someone who cant be bothered to wipe their butt complaining about the smell.
Sure the license agreement would not legally permit that.
I wonder what kind of legal recourse you would have. There's obviously copyright infringement, but I think state laws like CCPA include remedies for violations.
Everyday they email me telling me I’m over my limit. They always “threaten” to delete the data but it’s been two years since I cancelled.
My Qs are: why are they hoarding my data for so long? Why would they want to do this? How cheap is storage for them to want to do this? How likely is it that they have sold my data to train various LLMs with?