I'd like to add: what I don't understand and find utterly ridiculous is: >Furthermore, WhatsApp backups that haven't been updated in more than one year will be

I'd like to add: what I don't understand and find utterly ridiculous is: >Furthermore, WhatsApp backups that haven't been updated in more than one year will be automatically removed from Google Drive storage why is it anybody's business where/when my backup was uploaded? yes, it's "free" storage, but it's data I chose to upload that never had an "expiry" on it.