cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12202255
Announcement from the Proton team on Reddit (Libreddit link):
Today, we’re increasing file storage limits on the free plan.
Instead of sharing 1 GB between files and email, you’ll now have:
5 GB for Proton Drive
1 GB for Proton Mail
Additional context: For Proton Drive, you now start with 2 GB and for Proton Mail, you start with 500 MB. After signing up for the Free plan, you can unlock the maximum storage allowance on each service thus:
You can boost your Proton Mail storage from 500 MB to 1 GB by completing four account setup actions.
You can boost your Proton Drive storage from the default 2 GB to 5 GB by completing three tasks.
Does this not apply to old (read: older than 30 days) accounts?
Update: I have two “old” Protonmail accounts I use on my phone, and both of them upgraded to 5GB of Drive storage.
I didn’t have to complete any actions to get the storage. It just showed up. On one of the accounts, the app doesn’t show the change on the main UI.
Same. I’ve had a free account for quite some time and now it shows 5gb of drive and 1gb of mail, with no tasks to complete.