Dropbox Ditches Unlimited Storage, And Crypto Mining Is One Of The Culprits
Dropbox has announced the discontinuation of its unlimited storage plan due to the increasing misuse of the service by users engaged in resource-intensive activities such as cryptocurrency mining. With the surge in popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, the demand for computational resources has led to an unintended consequence for services offering unlimited storage. […]
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