cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoGoogle Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Datawww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down121
arrow-up1927arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Datawww.techdirt.comcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down3·11 months ago But he was naive thinking he could store that much data with a tech giant, his “life’s work”, risk free. Google made a promise they didn’t keep and articles like this are the consequence of that. It’s not ideal, but it still feels better than “let them lie and then blame their victims for believing it”.
minus-squaremriguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYes, that’s true, but it’s also true that Google has a long history of discontinuing services suddenly, so expecting them to keep this particular promise was extremely naive.
Google made a promise they didn’t keep and articles like this are the consequence of that.
It’s not ideal, but it still feels better than “let them lie and then blame their victims for believing it”.
Yes, that’s true, but it’s also true that Google has a long history of discontinuing services suddenly, so expecting them to keep this particular promise was extremely naive.