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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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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

OP is using a strawman, but it's a reasonable one. In an ideal world, if a company offers unlimited data, then changes its mind, the least they could do is, I don't know, ship the users' data in SD cards for free.

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

233TBs in SD cards?! Lmao!

[–] twilightwolf90@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

While I agree SD cards are unfeasible, Google Cloud Services offers a Transfer Appliance. MSFT Azure Databox is a mere $350 for a round trip 100Tb NAS freight box. I think that something could have been arranged.