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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by sliken on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:13PM (#30401452)
Many people have a naive trust of free services. If your livelyhood/business depends on uploaded files, do not trust Facebook, Youtube, Gmail, Google docs, etc to store it forever.

I think it's important to mention that such trust is misplaced and risky, ALWAYS make backups. Sure it's generally common sense for many, but the OPs story is a nice example.

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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by mastazi on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:23PM (#30401521)
> Many people have a naive trust of free services.

I don't think that that's particularly true of HN readership though.

If GP's comment was on a more mainstream forum e.g. Reddit, then I would agree with you, but as it stands it feels a bit gratuitous.

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