Microsoft’s latest policy was to include images that were thrown into the Photos and Albums service into OneDrive space. After a lot of discussion and debate, the emergency brake has now been applied – it is really urgent, and it will start in a few days. Continue reading and get scolded! Microsoft has urgently canceled its new policy that included photos in OneDrive’s 5GB limit.
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Got scolded! Microsoft urgently cancels new policy that counts photos towards OneDrive’s 5GB limit
It may not be certain whether the soil is soft, but the clouds in the clouds may be really soft (laughs). along with Microsoft 365 now counts Outlook attachments towards OneDrive cloud capacity, making it difficult for free users to send and receive messages. Although I’m a bit complaining that it’s a bit strange that the same attachments are restricted by two clouds, in order to continue using Mail, many people either delete the mail (file) obediently, or they just feel the pain in upgrading their subscription and paying for it.
But maybe it’s because similar techniques make people appreciate it, or maybe it’s just that Microsoft’s cloud structure is different from others, and different restrictions must be adopted. All in all, at the end of August, Microsoft announced that it would adopt the same approach for photos and album data. That is to say, if the same picture appears in the album, it will be counted repeatedly in the 5GB storage space.
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Although this adjustment is specifically advertised as “cloud storage infrastructure”, the editor understands that it should be changed to the concept of “use of services will be counted” – after all, you are right to throw photos into the album for analysis and use services such as smart albums. However, a file’s “space” will be double-counted, which still caused a lot of controversy – maybe it might be easier to understand if it is changed to data processing flow limit?
The point is, even now, in August, Microsoft announced that it would provide a one-year free space discount, but it has not yet provided relevant information – even though it is only one year, if the discount is big enough, can it still appease users? However, we can’t wait until that time. Microsoft has announced that it will “no longer roll out this update” before 10/16, when this policy was scheduled to be implemented.
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“ 在 2023 年 8 月 31 日，我們開始傳達即將對雲端儲存基礎結構進行的更新，此更新會變更 OneDrive 相片和相簿資料的計算方式，以佔用整體的雲端儲存配額。
此變更已排定于 2023 年 10 月 16 日開始推出。 根據我們收到的意見反應，我們已經調整方法，我們將不再推出此更新。
我們將維持目前的相簿體驗，如目前一樣。”
The above are the latest update instructions for “OneDrive Album Changes” currently available on the official website support page. It can only be said that today, perhaps everyone is more accepting of the operation of the subscription system and the concept of user pays. However, after the implementation of the policy that Outlook attachments were repeatedly counted and limited to the OneDrive capacity limit, the various questions and doubts raised have not yet been given clear explanations to users, and they want to use the same logic to push forward this new policy.
To be honest, when I was looking for news information, I found it surprisingly ironic to see that Microsoft’s subscription service also includes “OneDrive ransomware protection to protect your files and photos.”
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Source: KOCPC Chinese