Got a Microsoft 365 subscription? Your storage is about to shrink
Source: ZDNet ·
Today, shared Microsoft 365 plans include 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage for every family member. Microsoft is about to shrink that allotment dramatically.
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If you’ve been to the grocery store lately, you’re probably familiar with the phenomenon of shrinkflation — where the price of a bag of chips or a candy bar stays the same, but the product itself gets smaller. Microsoft 365 subscribers are about to experience the cloud version of shrinkflation. Microsoft announced today that it will be making changes to its Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, Premium, and Pro subscriptions. The company is positioning the changes as giving subscribers “more flexibility with their AI and cloud storage benefits.” That may be true, but the net effect on subscribers who take full advantage of those subscriptions could be a huge price increase. Also: Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a starting price The changes, slated to roll out “in the coming months,” will affect shared AI usage and cloud storage benefits. The shrinkflation hits hardest at the shared OneDrive storage available through all these plans. Currently, if you have a Microsoft 365…