Google Will Mass Delete Old Gmail And Photos Content Next Week (www.forbes.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 24 Nov 2023 18:00
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Google Will Mass Delete Old Gmail And Photos Content Next Week::Google will start mass deleting inactive Photos and Gmail accounts on December 1st.

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slumberlust@lemmy.world on 24 Nov 2023 18:40 next collapse

What a shit clickbait headline. They are removing inactive accounts not old content.

KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca on 25 Nov 2023 04:28 collapse

I assumed such from the title. It could be worded better, but it’s pretty obvious what was happening.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 24 Nov 2023 19:46 next collapse

Sure…

Spastickyle@lemmy.world on 24 Nov 2023 22:30 next collapse

Is there any way I can see a list of all accounts associated with my main account? I remember seeing an email from corporate saying they would warn us before deleting but I haven’t seen any warning and I know I have some inactive.

Siegfried@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 16:16 collapse

All this fuzz with adds, pushing people into premium services and increasing prices of services makes me think, could data hoarding have stopped being as profitable as it once was?

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee on 25 Nov 2023 20:44 collapse

I would think it’s a matter of stale data. If they delete it all, people may create new accounts, and re-upload what’s actually important (or download what’s important), giving Google more data points.

Win/win for Google.