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A comment on Inactive Google Account Policy.

Re:Inactive Google Account Policy by believ3 on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:34PM (#37096062)
> Exceptions to this policy:

> Your Google Account contains a gift card with a monetary balance.

So, all I need to do to keep a Google Account active indefinitely is just link an unspent $10 gift card to the account? Sweet!

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Re:Inactive Google Account Policy by hackernewds on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:47PM (#37096153)
Why would you do that though? You can always open new accounts for free, than "pay" $10 for one..
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Re:Inactive Google Account Policy by waithuh on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:40PM (#37096460)
The whole ruse is because people store so much data with Google and dont want to bother with backing it up/cant back it up easily (i dont know, i never used G that much)
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Re:Inactive Google Account Policy by drewda on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:30PM (#37096400)
This could be an effect of California law that doesn't allow businesses to expire gift certificates. They have to honor it as long as they're still in business.
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