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That's true at the moment, but there's also no way to know what Google will decide to do with it in the future. Presumably if the account is deleted, it might n
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
That's true at the moment, but there's also no way to know what Google will decide to do with it in the future. Presumably if the account is deleted, it might not be possible to veto that decision in the future. Better safe than sorry, right?
- icebraining 8y agoYeah, but they may also decide that OP's account is inactive, close it and release the address anyway, like Yahoo did.
- close04 8y agoI don't know how Yahoo went about it but Microsoft for example gave plenty of notice and announced that accounts that haven't been touched for X years will be recycled. When I'll make this move (soon) I will definitely squat the account even if I just end up scheduling sending a mail to myself once every X days. In parallel I would keep an eye out for policy changes. Like when Google will inevitably tell me that in order for the service to stay free I have to provide a minimum amount of private data per month :D.