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Re:Google Services Experiencing Disruptions by samoa42 on Friday September 25, 2020 @03:23AM (#24587410)
> The sheer amount of data (drive files, gmail data, etc) Google has in its silos makes it almost impossible to copy anywhere else other than on Google's own servers or another giant's DCs

my first computer had a two Megabyte Harddisk - around twenty years later my Phone has a 256 Gigabyte MicroSD card

it's going to happen

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Re:Google Services Experiencing Disruptions by tester34 on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:50AM (#24587912)
People also generate more and more data.
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Re:Google Services Experiencing Disruptions by uniqueid on Friday September 25, 2020 @05:08AM (#24587994)
That's another great point, and it does mean that users always have less to worry about when it comes to recent data. But when it comes to a user's old data... well, you see where I'm going with that :)
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