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> "Running out" == "Doesn't want to give away for free" All these limits were placed within the last few months. It's definitely a company wide policy to reduc

by ffpip 6y ago

> "Running out" == "Doesn't want to give away for free" All these limits were placed within the last few months. It's definitely a company wide policy to reduce load from free users > I don't see any limits on Google Cloud Storage any time soon. It's paid. > Google Drive to delete trash after 30 days. It used to be unlimited. Now it isn't. Which is what people expected. > Oh, I missed this. I wonder how they are counting it? After all as a.. Not sure, but they might just add up the space taken by individual files? They previously excluded docs and it lead to hacks like these - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19907271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19907271

Closi 6y ago
> It's definitely a company wide policy to reduce load from free users I agree that it's a company wide policy, but I'm not so sure it's to reduce load. It might just be that they want more subscription revenue and to reduce their reliance on advertising, which has current antitrust issues circling around it.
kevincox 6y ago
> Not sure, but they might just add up the space taken by individual files? My point is that there is no "file" for Google Docs. They are some rows in a database somewhere. Probably some update rows and the occasional snapshot proto. I guess it is no less arbitrary than a MS Office file, but since you can see the file on your disk you know the intrinsic size. I'm definitely not saying they should give away the storage for free. But it is an interesting problem for how to count this in a user-understandable way.
- ffpip 6y ago
  >My point is that there is no "file" for Google Docs They can add up the space shown beside the file name on Google Drive. Which is what users would expect
  - kevincox 6y ago
    In my Drive all of the Google Documents have a dash listed in the size column.
google234123 6y ago
Who throws things in a trash expecing to keep them forever?
- ffpip 6y ago
  Have you never used the Windows Recycle Bin?

by ffpip 6y ago

Closi 6y ago

> It's definitely a company wide policy to reduce load from free users I agree that it's a company wide policy, but I'm not so sure it's to reduce load. It might just be that they want more subscription revenue and to reduce their reliance on advertising, which has current antitrust issues circling around it.

kevincox 6y ago

> Not sure, but they might just add up the space taken by individual files? My point is that there is no "file" for Google Docs. They are some rows in a database somewhere. Probably some update rows and the occasional snapshot proto. I guess it is no less arbitrary than a MS Office file, but since you can see the file on your disk you know the intrinsic size. I'm definitely not saying they should give away the storage for free. But it is an interesting problem for how to count this in a user-understandable way.

ffpip 6y ago
>My point is that there is no "file" for Google Docs They can add up the space shown beside the file name on Google Drive. Which is what users would expect
- kevincox 6y ago
  In my Drive all of the Google Documents have a dash listed in the size column.

google234123 6y ago

Who throws things in a trash expecing to keep them forever?

ffpip 6y ago
Have you never used the Windows Recycle Bin?