Google users locked out after 15 years' use

Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by kioleanu on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:34AM (#24966539)

You just connect your Google account in the Fastmail settings and they set everything automatically

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by blunte on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:55AM (#24966663)

I wonder how long this will last until Google finds a way to prevent the migration out...

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by hedora on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:34AM (#24969915)

From what I can tell, it just uses standard protocols like IMAP (at least, it did when I moved from a non-gmail provider to it).

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by ValentineC on Monday November 02, 2020 @12:27PM (#24970601)

Gmail uses IMAP, but there are rate limits that seem to have been implemented recently: https://support.google.com/a/answer/1071518?hl=en

The rate limits won't stop someone from eventually migrating out, but it might take a while.

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by black_knight on Monday November 02, 2020 @06:21AM (#24966835)

GDPR specifies the right to data-portability. In Europe services have to provide data in a machine readable, commonly used format for export.

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by FeepingCreature on Monday November 02, 2020 @06:28AM (#24966882)

(For just this reason.)

And that's why I think the GDPR is one of the best things the EU has ever done.

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by mirthflat83 on Monday November 02, 2020 @06:31AM (#24966902)

Thank god for GDPR. Shame on me for thinking that this kind of regulation was dumb

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by blunte on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:21AM (#24967310)

You're excused, based on the useless and annoying cookie notice law.

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by afandian on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:19AM (#24967297)

All the better to get out while you still can!

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