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Read MoreSamsung Cloud switches gears from irrelevancy to extinction with some help from Microsoft OneDrive
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Read MoreSamsung Cloud drops 15GB free tier, will soon only give 5GB of free storage to new users
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Dropbox institutes ridiculous three-device limit on free accounts
Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud storage platforms. In fact, many on the AP team prefer Dropbox to Google Drive. If you're trying to make do with a free Dropbox account, there's a new restriction that'll be sure to cramp your style. As of this month, Dropbox limits you to just three connected devices on free accounts.
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