An update to storage policies across your Google Account
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Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#2Delete? Or just make it unavailable to you? If delete, sign me up.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#3I used to tell my relatives to use Google Photos, so we wouldn't all lose their photos.
I no longer tell them to use Google Photos.
Edit: Some of my relatives are growing old. There's a lot of talk of backups & storage. But none of that is going to preserve the digital memories we have shared, after they die. All the old URLs that have been shared will, not rot & wither, but one day just up and vanish. Up to the big log-off in the sky.
I really thought a dozen GB of storage from Google to each individual in the world was pretty reasonable. That there is plenty enough resources. But no, in to the garbage file society goes. Throw out all the past. It was the promise, but it's not sound business.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#4> "If you're over your storage limit for two years, Google may delete your content across Gmail, Drive and Photos," the company said.
That's different from just deleting all your data because you're inactive. Which is it?
Edit: it seems both. Here's the blog post (maybe this is a better link): https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-policy-update/
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#5Delete? Or just make it unavailable to you? If delete, sign me up.
That's a good point. I think google doesn't delete anything unless the law forces them to do so.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#6Delete? Or just make it unavailable to you? If delete, sign me up.
I get where you're coming from, but isn't 2 years an awful long time for Google to have to use your data the way Google, and Google alone chooses, even if "delete" really means "delete"?
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#7From the email I got from Google a few minutes ago:
> Summary of the new policies (effective June 1, 2021):
> • If you're inactive for 2 years (24 months) in Gmail, Drive or Photos, we may delete the content in the product(s) in which you're inactive. Google One members who are within their storage quota and in good-standing will not be impacted by this new inactive policy.
> • If you exceed your storage limit for 2 years, we may delete your content across Gmail, Drive and Photos.
Is Google running out of storage?
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#8> "If you're over your storage limit for two years, Google may delete your content across Gmail, Drive and Photos," the company said. That's different from just deleting all your data because you're inactive. Which is it? Edit: it seems both. Here's the blog post (maybe this is a better link): https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-policy-update/
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Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#9The same happened to my old "...@hotmail.com" email, Microsoft deleted old childhood emails, still bitter about that.
Per https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail... , the limit is 365 days of inactivity.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#10I used to tell my relatives to use Google Photos, so we wouldn't all lose their photos. I no longer tell them to use Google Photos. Edit: Some of my relatives are growing old. There's a lot of talk of backups & storage. But none of that is going to preserve the digital memories we have shared, after they die. All the old URLs that have been shared will, not rot & wither, but one day just up and vanish. Up to the big…
i've been meaning to buy a pro-quality photo printer... had the idea to host a party where people can pitch in for materials and i could print all our photos on nice archival paper and we'd spend an evening scrapbooking