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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by Simulacra »

HeavyStorm wrote: post #7

Who the fuck designs these flows...

Someone who knows that there's absolutely nothing this guy can do about it. Maybe he could sue, but really if a major company like Microsoft, or Google, decides to delete all of your data, and doesn't want to give it back, there's really nothing you can do about it. We really do need a law protecting consumer's data from arbitrary deletion.

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by b112 »

BeetleB wrote: post #8

This is why I always ensure I have a big enough HD. I've used my current cloud backup for almost 15 years, and am really happy with it. But I never rely on them exclusively. If they go out of business tomorrow, I still have all the data locally! And of course, if my HD crashes, I sync back all the really important stuff. (OK, I would lose prior revisions of a file - I can live with that).

I don't know about in this case, but I've heard of both Apple and Microsoft "cloudifying" then deleting local files just found on your drive. I think with Apple, it was music.

The lack of control with closed platforms is staggering. Best make those offline bsckups.

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by aetherspawn »

charcircuit wrote: post #3

>If you used this account for Minecraft, we regret to inform you that the game cannot be recovered. A new purchase will be required on a newly created account. Welcome to the club of people who Microsoft stole Minecraft from. They deleted my copy since I did not migrate my account in time.

I’ve bought Minecraft like 5 times in my lifetime at this point if you could the multiple times I bought the OG version and lost access, then Microsoft accounts, then console versions… probably spent $150 buying Minecraft over and over

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by AngryData »

charcircuit wrote: post #3

>If you used this account for Minecraft, we regret to inform you that the game cannot be recovered. A new purchase will be required on a newly created account. Welcome to the club of people who Microsoft stole Minecraft from. They deleted my copy since I did not migrate my account in time.

After I migrated mine I still had to contact support and send a half dozen messages because I didn't verify my email after accepting the migration and the link expired.
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