11 mo. ago

Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted

www.techdirt.com Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data

Over a decade ago, I pointed out that as Google kept trying to worm its way deeper into our lives, a key Achilles’ heel was its basically non-existent customer service and unwillingness to ev…

Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

Technology @lemmy.zip BrikoX @lemmy.zip 11 mo. ago

Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data

www.techdirt.com /2023/12/12/google-promises-unlimited-cloud-storage-then-cancels-plan-then-tells-journalist-his-lifes-work-will-be-deleted-without-enough-time-to-transfer-the-data/

Technology @lemmy.world cyrano @lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 mo. ago

Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data

www.techdirt.com /2023/12/12/google-promises-unlimited-cloud-storage-then-cancels-plan-then-tells-journalist-his-lifes-work-will-be-deleted-without-enough-time-to-transfer-the-data/

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While shitty of Google, let this be your daily reminder to have multiple backups, in different places, of anything you deem important.
- I don't think it's quite that simple to have multiple backups of almost 250TB of data. And even then, it says that all his computer equipment was seized by the FBI over some bogus legal claims, so even if he did have local backups, losing those was out of his control.
This happened to me, too. Luckily I was only using Google as a backup, not my primary storage.

Google can go play in a microwave.