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		8ig8 on Dec 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to terminate your worst enemy's Dropbox accoun... I assume this would work against their model of giving away limited free space. With multiple account access, a user could sign up with multiple email addresses and essentially get unlimited storage for free.

SoftwareMaven on Dec 24, 2012 | [–]

That's trivial to solve. Only allow a single free account to be signed into. Multiple accounts are required to be team accounts.

cstejerean on Dec 24, 2012 | [–]

They could restrict multiple account functionality to paid accounts only.

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