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I think they might not care unless this can somehow endanger their infrastructure. (It's not really unlimited, is it?) If the few blokes using this scam their

by yreg 8y ago

I think they might not care unless this can somehow endanger their infrastructure. (It's not really unlimited, is it?) If the few blokes using this scam their way into few hundred terabytes of free storage, so be it, it's not worth the hassle for Google, imo. edit: Apparently an account can create up to 250 docs a day https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/quotas https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/qu...

epicide 8y ago
> If the few blokes using this scam their way into few hundred terabytes of free storage, so be it, it's not worth the hassle for Google, imo. This. They probably thought of this exact scenario before adding unlimited docs. They probably even expected somebody to make a script for it. Hell, a few of them might even have a script. As long as a lot of people don't start abusing it or make a file-sharing service based on it, then they probably won't care. Basically, not until it's a significant enough threat to their bottom line. Ultimately, it's no different than the inevitable person that just has a script to generate garbage and upload it to Google Docs as fast as possible. That's what the 250 docs a day limit is there for.
aflat 8y ago
I think you underestimate the amount of room most warez take up. And what these distributors will go through to get free space
- yreg 8y ago
  It seems you can only store ~177mb of data per account per day this way. Didn't test it myself.
  - Zitrax 8y ago
    The examples he lists in README.md are around 1GB though (Ubuntu .iso files).
    - yreg 8y ago
      The Google docs usage is limited to 250 docs/day: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/quotas https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/qu... The README.md says that UDS can store ~710kb per doc. :shrug:

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I think they might not care unless this can somehow endanger their infrastructure. (It's not really unlimited, is it?) If the few blokes using this scam their

by yreg 8y ago

epicide 8y ago
> If the few blokes using this scam their way into few hundred terabytes of free storage, so be it, it's not worth the hassle for Google, imo. This. They probably thought of this exact scenario before adding unlimited docs. They probably even expected somebody to make a script for it. Hell, a few of them might even have a script. As long as a lot of people don't start abusing it or make a file-sharing service based on it, then they probably won't care. Basically, not until it's a significant enough threat to their bottom line. Ultimately, it's no different than the inevitable person that just has a script to generate garbage and upload it to Google Docs as fast as possible. That's what the 250 docs a day limit is there for.
aflat 8y ago
I think you underestimate the amount of room most warez take up. And what these distributors will go through to get free space
- yreg 8y ago
  It seems you can only store ~177mb of data per account per day this way. Didn't test it myself.
  - Zitrax 8y ago
    The examples he lists in README.md are around 1GB though (Ubuntu .iso files).
    - yreg 8y ago
      The Google docs usage is limited to 250 docs/day: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/quotas https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/qu... The README.md says that UDS can store ~710kb per doc. :shrug: