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It does make business sense. Drive is facing serious abuse problems. See for example this article [0] for the other side of this coin. Google is trying to come
by allturtles 4y ago
It does make business sense. Drive is facing serious abuse problems. See for example this article [0] for the other side of this coin. Google is trying to come up with automated solutions for shutting down 'abusive' items. The OP is an example of the automated solutions not working that well.
[0]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-is-finally-doing-something-about-google-drive-spam/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-is-finally-do...
- jfoster 4y agoYou are conflating spam from 3rd parties with having a private file that Google thinks they need to block you from accessing. It is 100% possible (and not even difficult) for Google to prevent me from receiving spam from other Google Drive users whilst also allowing me to access my own Google Drive files.
- allturtles 4y agoI suspect OP has not really lost access to their own files. Per the blog post about this system [0], "When it’s restricted, you may see a flag next to the filename, you won’t be able to share it, and your file will no longer be publicly accessible, even to people who have the link." My guess is OP has multiple accounts, created this file on account A, and can no longer access the file while logged in as account B, so it seems to be "removed from Drive." But I could be wrong, in which case I agree with you, this doesn't make sense as an anti-spam measure. https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/12/abuse-notification-emails-google-drive.html https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/12/abuse-notifi...