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Dropbox keeps threatening to delete my files

For the past two years, I’ve been on the receiving end of a passive aggressive win-back campaign from Dropbox. The feud originally started when I migrated away from Dropbox and hence stopped paying for my subscription while leaving them saddled with over a terabyte of my data to carry forever, like a camel in the digital desert. After all, why wouldn’t I? I was assured by their help forums that my files would not be deleted, no matter what: However, this hasn’t prevented Dropbox from trying to get me back. It all started innocently enough: Thanks Dropbox, for letting me […]

The feud originally started when I migrated away from Dropbox and hence stopped paying for my subscription while leaving them saddled with over a terabyte of my data to carry forever, like a camel in the digital desert. Over the next couple of years, Dropbox has tried every trick in the book to get me back – they’ve tried letting me know I’m “100x over the limit”, stating things are “pretty urgent” and that I have to “Open ASAP”. Logging into the web portal, Dropbox gleefully told me I can “Upload anything”, in a bright red alert box, ending with a “Upgrade for more” button.

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