While I don't see myself (or others) in a situation where I won't have access to my G account for 2 years, this is one of the many recent Google business decisions that makes me want to move away from the Google platform entirely. Their purchase and cratering of the Nest brand was the first offense and it's built up from there.

If I died unexpectedly, my partner would already need to do a lot of research and upkeep to make sure all the assets linked to the gmail weren't lost - and she's not the kind of people to know about this sort of Google policy, leading me to believe the assets left to her are in jeopardy.