Google will start mass deleting inactive Photos and Gmail accounts on December 1st.

Google Will Mass Delete Old Gmail And Photos Content Next Week::Google will start mass deleting inactive Photos and Gmail accounts on December 1st.

  • nyctre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    681·
    11 months ago

    I’m all for bashing them for their shitty practices, but let’s be honest here. If you care about your memories, all you have to do is login once and they’re safe. If that’s unreasonable, I think that’s a you problem.

    • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
      203·
      11 months ago

      It’s also Google. You probably shouldn’t put anything on it that you’re not expecting to go away in a few years when the service shuts down.

      At the very least, have a spare copy somewhere that isn’t likely to get wiped out.

      • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        You make a funny point. https://killedbygoogle.com/

        But GMail isn’t going anywhere. There are surely very few more valuable places to harvest user data than reading all their emails.

        Still big agree. Have a backup. Don’t trust corporations.

      • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        11 months ago

        The never just deleted data without a plan for you to download it. Your photos aren’t going anywhere. If by some chance Google goes out of business you’ll have ample time to download them.

        Unless you’re saving your own shit on multiple disks and putting copies of shit in multiple places, Google photos is probably the safest spot on the planet for them.