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

Post by alacode » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 4:02 PM UTC

  If a 7 year old found a parent's gun, walked into the street and shot a neighbor to death accidentally; the parent is also still responsible and accountable.

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Post by skywhopper » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 4:03 PM UTC

boringg wrote: post #137

Nicksil wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>the individual clearly knew they were taking advantage of a system Why do you think this?

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Post by croutonwagon » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 4:03 PM UTC

rkagerer wrote: post #139

that_guy_iain wrote: post #104

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> The actual headline is slightly less inflammatory: "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" You just expanded it. It's still basically the same. > It would cost the guy $5000 a month to store his data on S3 and he doesn't want to pay that, so he now needs to find someone to bear the cost of storing hi…

Unlimited means unlimited. Too often what gets lost in the phrase "edge case" is that there's a human being on the other end. They should do the decent thing and work with him and anyone else storing more data than can be practically downloaded to come up with a workaround or extension. Imagine if your bank closed your account and forfeited your money because they couldn't dole it out to you fast enough.

Post by logicchains » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 4:04 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #77

miked85 wrote: post #46

I honestly don't know why anyone would use Google for anything anymore.

Maybe someone who like losing work, like losing money, like his account being terminated for whatever puerile reason, likes being tracked and likes to see lots of ads. Wait, I don't think such a person exists. Wrong market fit, Google!

Post by haswell » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 4:05 PM UTC

garblegarble wrote: post #233

frognumber wrote: post #80

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> The actual headline is slightly less inflammatory: "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" Correct. 7 days is not enough time to stream >200TB of data, let alone find a place to stream it to. This puts a human being in a crisis position. He doesn't need to just find someone willing to store his data.…

He had ~6 months to download his data, not 7 days: they told him on the 11th of May 2023 (or thereabouts they gave him a 60 day period ending on the 10th of July 2023) that he had exceeded his quota. They should, of course, have given a clear timeline for deletion at that point, but does he seriously expect other people to believe he was naive enough to think Google would continue to store his data forever after they…