An update to storage policies across your Google Account

Post by notimetorelax » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 10:16 PM UTC

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #35

kllrnohj wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They don't, but as a society we would all benefit from some way to archive at least some of that. Future historians will curse us for not leaving behind letters, photos, etc. (which is especially ironic given how much more of them we're each generating).

Post by Lexarius » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 10:17 PM UTC

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #35

kllrnohj wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They don't, but as a society we would all benefit from some way to archive at least some of that. Future historians will curse us for not leaving behind letters, photos, etc. (which is especially ironic given how much more of them we're each generating).

Post by bpodgursky » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 10:18 PM UTC

Post by cbsks » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 10:18 PM UTC

jamesfe wrote: post #30

What'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.

Post by hkt » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 10:19 PM UTC

didip wrote: post #26

So, is there a cloud email backup service? I had this happen to my hotmail and that sucked.