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Re:Google Users Locked Out After 15 Years' Use (2020) by shric on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:50PM (#30484055)
I don't think it matters who's at fault, I think Google should allow the user to extract all their data even after account termination, would be fine if they charged a reasonable fee even.
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Re:Google Users Locked Out After 15 Years' Use (2020) by FateOfNations on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:45PM (#30484483)
And it's not like they don't have the capability: the Google Takeout service packages up substantially all of your data on Google services in an archive for download.
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Re:Google Users Locked Out After 15 Years' Use (2020) by Gigachad on Saturday February 26, 2022 @11:47PM (#30485504)
Only if you take it out before your account is locked. When was the last time you ran a backup of your google account?
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