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Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by issafram on Sunday August 04, 2024 @02:54PM (#41155501)
I don't think it was mentioned in the repo readme, but this will most likely get your account banned. Be careful
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by s3arch on Sunday August 04, 2024 @03:07PM (#41155577)
can you help me understand more.
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Sunday August 04, 2024 @03:11PM (#41155596)
It stores file data as calendar events, sort of like that YouTube FS from a while back

This is probably considered abuse under the ToS since you're using more storage than any typical user, and they can't use it for whatever they normally sell customer data for

Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by exe34 on Sunday August 04, 2024 @03:16PM (#41155627)
> they can't use it for whatever they normally sell customer data for

Bottom line, you don't want to mess with their bottom line.

Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by darby_nine on Monday August 05, 2024 @09:53AM (#41161402)
I seriously doubt this kind of stuff has ever messed with their bottom line. I think they just really resent users trying to do more with their service than they intended.
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Monday August 05, 2024 @11:48AM (#41162435)
If they didn't crack down, people would start pushing it harder, until some company relied on this for cloud storage
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by darby_nine on Monday August 05, 2024 @01:06PM (#41163184)
I think this is a ridiculous sentiment, but I understand why it's so common. Proactively trying to head-off any and all possible problems before they cause measurable impact is not a great way to manage a product.

Maybe they did see impact, but I still would have rewarded non-abusive loyal customers for using the product—maybe restrict access based on resource-usage rather than hitting people with TOS violations. Instead this attitude (plus their generally very poor track record at supporting and improving their own products) has caused me to abandon all google products outside of work.

Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by exe34 on Monday August 05, 2024 @04:25PM (#41165228)
exponentially slower access and start corrupting them by flipping cases.
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by exe34 on Monday August 05, 2024 @10:09AM (#41161510)
they would prefer that you pay them for storage rather than store white noise on YouTube from which they can't earn ad money.
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by lvkv on Sunday August 04, 2024 @04:53PM (#41156269)
Yeah, I’ll update the README to be more specific about this. This is also why I didn’t provide instructions on how to use the tool :)
Re:WhenFS: Calender Is Now a File System by issafram on Monday August 05, 2024 @02:28AM (#41158603)
This isn't exactly clear about the dangers of using the tool

https://github.com/lvkv/whenfs/commit/618d6c343b2660567256fa...