When Microsoft first launched OneDrive, free users could get 10GB of storage space by inviting friends, and by adding the 5GB of storage space given away by Microsoft, they could get 15GB of permanent storage space. But if users are willing to pay an annual subscription to Microsoft 365, they can get unlimited OneDrive storage space. Unfortunately, some users abused this benefit and stored more than 75TB of movies and DVR recordings in OneDrive.
Later, Microsoft canceled the unlimited storage benefit. Microsoft said that the files stored by these abusive users were 15,000 times that of normal users. After canceling the unlimited storage, even if you subscribe to Microsoft 365, you can only get 1TB of storage space, and you can get up to 2TB of storage space.
For some users, 1~2TB storage space is obviously not enough. Based on this, Microsoft plans to launch a new subscription level at the end of the year. Users can expand the storage space to 5TB or even 10TB according to their needs.
The OneDrive storage expansion plan is still attached to the Microsoft 365 personal or family edition subscription, which means that the 5TB or 10TB storage space cannot be opened separately from the Microsoft 365 subscription, so the price should be more expensive by then.
For most individuals and home users, the 1TB storage space included with the Microsoft 365 subscription version is basically enough. However, if you edit videos or develop engineering projects, the files may be more. This type of storage is already used commercially, so paying a higher price to open a larger storage space is not a waste.