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Re:Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journal... by rokkamokka on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @10:03AM (#38628370)
The bad part is that Google announced 60+ days before the change took effect that the account would become read-only. Nowhere did they state the account would be terminated, or could not indefinitely remain in a read-only state. Then, they suddenly spring a 7 day deadline to download all your data, with no previous mention.

Very poor communication from Google.

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Re:Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journal... by wombat-man on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @10:09AM (#38628458)
I'd assume it couldn't remain in read only forever. But yeah since it's data loss Google should be very loud about that eventuality. I was getting weekly emails from dropbox about my inactive account before they nuked it.
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