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That would be the best thing that could ever happen. Refusal of service? I don't know anything that would make people run to another service faster.

• longstaff2009 8y ago
  for consumers maybe, but if you don't have access to your data its problematic. for business and government departments it could be crippling
  • longstaff2009 8y ago
    I did a few migration projects when I worked at the Discovery Channel and they took months of planning to ensure continuation of services.
    • avmich 8y ago
      So is Google promising continuation of services before turning them off?
      • longstaff2009 8y ago
        in the hypothetical scenario where France tries to enforce a huge fine and Google says no thanks, France pushes and then Google turns off service it would be crippling. Google has a lot of power in that sort of negotiation. Which is why I think it was only a token 0.05% of global revenue for the fine rather than 4%
        • avmich 8y ago
          I'd expect law signatories to raise an eyebrow. The purpose of the law is different.