Dropbox serves as a rock-solid cloud storage service for millions of personal and business customers. The 2GB of free storage that it offers is enough for most casual users, but what about those users who have tons of content? They can upgrade to a premium plan, but they run $100 per year for 50GB, or $200 annually for a 100GB plan. Those free 2GB are nice, but after that, Dropboxain’t cheap.
A new promotion that Dropbox is running may be able to help with that. With the service’s latest beta desktop software, it has added an automatic photo import feature. Plug in a camera or smartphone, and you’ll have the option to automatically import those pictures to your Dropbox account. If it reminds you of Apple’s Photostream, that’s no coincidence: it’s likely designed to directly compete with the iCloud service.
To help promote the new feature, Dropbox is throwing us all a bone. Anyone who uses the photo import tool — even once — will get some extra Dropbox storage. On your first import, you automatically get an extra 500MB added to your account. For every 500MB of photos you import after that, you get another 500MB of storage added to your account. The fun gets cut off after 4.5GB of uploads, for a grand total of 5GB of free storage if you use the new service enough.
This is a great deal for customers who don’t want to pay extra for Dropbox storage. You can triple your Dropbox quota without paying a dime. Additionally, the photo import feature is pretty handy. Dropbox hasn’t yet added this tweak to mobile apps, but it’s only logical that it eventually would. There are already hacks in place on both iOS and Android that allow you to automatically import all new photos to Dropbox.
Those who use Apple products probably won’t see any reason to abandon iCloud’s Photostream syncing, as it already serves the same function. But for those who prefer other platforms — or those who like Apple but don’t want to be locked into their ecosystem — this is a nifty way to have your images always ready and waiting in the cloud. That it rewards you for trying it only sweetens the pot. You can do just that by visiting the source link below, and downloading the beta Dropbox client for Mac, Windows, or Linux.
via Dropbox
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