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Re:Google will delete new accounts' data by default in 18 mo... by zelly on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:46PM (#23644738)
Search history, ad clicks, etc. can serialize to very tiny records. I don't think this is about saving storage space. One day of YouTube uploads probably takes more space than every user's data combined.
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Re:Google will delete new accounts' data by default in 18 mo... by jtth on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:10PM (#23645055)
Sure. Still saves space. Also closes over the envelope of their legal exposure.
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Re:Google will delete new accounts' data by default in 18 mo... by t-writescode on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:15PM (#23645116)
Having exabytes of storage space and saving a few TB does functionally nothing.

It'd be like you deleting a single doc file.

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