Both Google Drive/Photos and OneDrive have an option to only keep recently used files on your local device, and even periodically suggest they automatically rem

Both Google Drive/Photos and OneDrive have an option to only keep recently used files on your local device, and even periodically suggest they automatically remove local copies of unused files to "free up space". I highly suggest everyone disable this setting on their own, but also on their (perhaps less technical) friends' and relatives' devices. Otherwise, if anything happens to your account or - less likely - the storage provider or their hardware, your data could very well be gone forever. I can't believe anyone would want that.