When do the deactivate accounts then? I have had 2 at least deactivated had to connect them all together with a phone number.
An update to storage policies across your Google Account
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Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#22From 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…
If the users are inactive they aren't seeing ads. Google isn't a charity, why would they pay for storage that isn't being used?
Also, somewhat morbidly, dead people don't really need their photos and emails hosted perpetually.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#23... Promise?
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#24I 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…
If they are using it they aren't inactive? 2 years of no activity on a free account is a long time. What realistically are you existing from anyone else?
It's another "We've altered the terms of our deal. Pray we don't alter them any further," from Google. Changing policies in a destructive fashion is never good for a customer.
EDIT: It's especially problematic when there's no countdown, and it's not "inactive account wide", it's "inactive in product X."
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#25so if I have registered MyChildsFullName @ gmail to prevent anyone else from taking it, I now need to make sure it gets at least one email every couple years to prevent them from deleting it before my child is old enough to use it?
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#26So, is there a cloud email backup service? I had this happen to my hotmail and that sucked.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#27The 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.
M$ used to delete HoTMaiL emails after 2w inactivity in the early 2000s. Back when the limit was 20MB.
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
If they are using it they aren't inactive? 2 years of no activity on a free account is a long time. What realistically are you existing from anyone else?
It's another "We've altered the terms of our deal. Pray we don't alter them any further," from Google. Changing policies in a destructive fashion is never good for a customer. EDIT: It's especially problematic when there's no countdown, and it's not "inactive account wide", it's "inactive in product X."
> It's especially problematic when there's no countdown
"The company said it will notify users multiple times before attempting to remove any content."
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#29The 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.
Likewise, so many amazing memories lost. I wish I could look back to how naive and childish I was at the beginning of my time online.
> I wish I could look back to how naive and childish I was at the beginning of my time online.
This is the video that comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUrLbHg5z4
Re: An update to storage policies across your Google Account
#30What's another good email provider?
I am starting to feel really nervous about storing my life in Google. It's not that I wouldn't pay for these things...it's just that I worry one day I'll lose access and fall into the pit of "trying to get Google to help a single human regain access" that sounds horrible.