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

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 5:07 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #394

tedivm wrote: post #24

People really need to understand that Google is a garbage company that can't be relied on for anything. I've spent years as a consultant, and several more in the startup world, and I'd rather host all my content in us-east-1 than rely on google. * I've had customers get their cloud accounts shut down for a literal three cent billing error, * I've seen people who use Google for advertising pay thousands of dollars and…

Is it really better with other cloud providers? Genuine question. I personally never faced terrible issues like the one described, it’s always difficult to understand if it is really a GCP problem and not a general cloud problem.

Post by thinkharderdev » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 5:08 PM UTC

sssilver wrote: post #326

boringg wrote: post #113

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I mean 237 TB of data is an excessive amount of data. The 'victim' here clearly knows they are taking advantage of a situation. Google is in the wrong on their response but, come on, let's be reasonable human beings and stop saying 'victim blaming'.

What number is 237 in excess of? That is the number that Google should have advertised, instead of “unlimited”.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 5:11 PM UTC

ExoticPearTree wrote: post #299

tedivm wrote: post #24

People really need to understand that Google is a garbage company that can't be relied on for anything. I've spent years as a consultant, and several more in the startup world, and I'd rather host all my content in us-east-1 than rely on google. * I've had customers get their cloud accounts shut down for a literal three cent billing error, * I've seen people who use Google for advertising pay thousands of dollars and…

Just to be put the record straight: Google is an advertising company with hobbies. And like for many of us hobbies change over time, so do Google's hobbies. There's somewhere a website with all the products killed by Google for various reasons, some even after a few months.

Post by danaris » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

ajross wrote: post #391

imtringued wrote: post #222

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Yeah usually the thing about deadlines is that you should communicate them as harshly as possible, then let them slip when they do arrive. I.e. they want people off the service voluntarily and deal with the tiny fraction that refuses.

> Yeah usually the thing about deadlines is that you should communicate them as harshly as possible, then let them slip when they do arrive. Is this not exactly what has happened? He was clearly threatened harshly, and... the data isn't yet deleted?

Post by da_chicken » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

sertbdfgbnfgsd wrote: post #389

ivalm wrote: post #360

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They don’t track you for free. Advertisers pay. They don’t have to store data if no one pays. This of course in no way justifies the journalist losing his data.

The advertisers don't pay for google storing my data. The advertisers pay for ads displayed and ads clicked. How google does that is an implementation detail. Google does that by storing my data, many kinds of my data. You making the distinction between data that "the user knows and understands" versus data that "is obscure to the user but advertisers care about" is a matter of marketing, in that as the former is eas…