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Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] WallEx@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Iirc it was a subscription, but I could be wrong. Having unlimited data with a one time payment doesn't sound like a Google thing to do. There are running costs.

[–] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Presumably it was GSuite/Google Workspace. While they advertised unlimited storage if you paid for 5 accounts, it wasn’t really enforced so you could pay something like $20/month and get unlimited storage on G-drive. There was a daily cap on how much data can be moved, but that’s fine for hosting incremental backups like many that took advantage.