UserVoice post has reached approximately 70,000 votes so far

Nov 18, 2015 13:33 GMT  ·  By

Not long ago, Microsoft announced its decision to reduce the amount of free storage offered to OneDrive users, but most of those who already own an account were disappointed to see that the company was going exactly in the opposite direction as compared to what it had promised last year.

Previously, Redmond said it wanted OneDrive to become the one cloud storage service for everyone, offering not only excellent reliability and superior speeds but also the biggest amount of free space on the web.

But recently, the company went into reverse and decided to reduce the free space offered to unpaying users from 15 GB to 5 GB, while also removing the free unlimited storage option for Office 365 customers.

70,000 votes and counting

Needless to say, most of the users were extremely disappointed to hear about the reduced storage amounts, and most of them turned to various places online to express their frustrations.

The UserVoice post that calls for Microsoft to change its mind now has nearly 70,000 votes, and most of the comments contain harsh words that criticize the company for its dramatic change.

“Microsoft completely trashed it this time. I've been long wondering why Microsoft gets so much negative feedback and comments but now I clearly know why. I've already moved my stuff with mover.io and won't be coming back even if I were offered 10TB,” one of the users disappointed with the change wrote.

“A problem has been detected with Microsoft and it has been deleted. Microsoft - Restart your brain to continue,” another one added.

The proposed changes are scheduled to come into effect in early 2016, with another announcement to be provided soon, as Microsoft promised. Everyone hopes the company changes its mind by this time comes and the thousands of votes on UserVoice could actually prove Satya Nadella and the rest of the leadership team that they're not going in the right direction.