I really like dropbox and think it is really smart.<p>I know they use Amazon S3 to store the data, so I have been thinking; They have to pay for the exact resourcesse that has been used, but the end user has a unlimited account with 50 GB. That means the prices has to cover the expensive, whether you are a heavy user or somebody who just store photos and do not touch it.<p>I then search the internet to see if anybody had made a client, that makes the dropbox experince and connect with Amazon S3, this way i pay exactly what i use.
But all I found was either very old or not usable.<p>Dropbox obvious do not use that model, because the user do not have the slightest clue for what they are going to end up paying. Normal people like to know what they have to pay. They like unlimited, but the fact is, that nothing is unlimited, somebody has to pay.<p>Therefore I was thinking it would be great with a service, where you payed for what you used. Of course you should not put the price for the request/put/list, but just the basic.<p>- How much you have stored
- How much you have downloaded<p>And then you pay for that.<p>Then for example if you would like to store 25 GB of pictures it would cost you $2.75 to store.<p>Then there would properly need some money, to handle all this, but the price would depend on what you use, and therefore be very flexible, no need for choosing between to packages.<p>What do you think of the idea? Would it be something you would use?