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Really? Then you lack imagination! Google Drive is a backup solution. I can think of a lot of reasons to have a lot of small files, whether they be for loggi

Really? Then you lack imagination! Google Drive is a backup solution. I can think of a lot of reasons to have a lot of small files, whether they be for logging purposes, analysis, training data, etc. In fact, I can think of more legit uses than nefarious ones! Especially since an illegal use would be easy to trace back to you personally!

yebyen 4y ago
Can you think of a good reason to design a retention policy, as well? (I can!)
bhhaskin 4y ago
Where do they state it's a backup solution? Edit: why the down votes? It was an honest question.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Where do they state it’s a backup solution? Backup is a built-in function of the Drive desktop app (previously, “Backup and Sync” was one of two separate Drive desktop apps.) Backup to drive is a built-in core feature of Android.
- poolopolopolo 4y ago
  The moment they are okay with wsp backing up things there?
ethicalsmacker 4y ago
5 million files is a lot of files. You could back up windows several times over and that’s saying a lot. What normal user has millions of typical data laying around? Not many, if any.
- TheHappyOddish 4y ago
  There are billions of internet users. The "abnormal" group may be hundreds of thousands or millions, and still be < 1%.
- coreyp_1 4y ago
  "What normal user has millions of typical data laying around?" Enough that this policy is impacting some of them. Again, realize that this isn't just talking about free accounts. It's paid accounts, too, regardless of the plan size. 2TB... 5 million file limit. 20TB... 5 million file limit. 1 plan with 10 users... still a 5 million file limit. If you can't see that this could be a problem for normal customers (or normal accounts that may comprise multiple users), then you're not thinking creatively. I wouldn't doubt that I have millions of files backed up on various drives, simply because I back up every system, and I've owned computers since the 90's. And I'm not intentionally trying to generate data!

yebyen 4y ago

Can you think of a good reason to design a retention policy, as well? (I can!)

bhhaskin 4y ago

Where do they state it's a backup solution? Edit: why the down votes? It was an honest question.

dragonwriter 4y ago
> Where do they state it’s a backup solution? Backup is a built-in function of the Drive desktop app (previously, “Backup and Sync” was one of two separate Drive desktop apps.) Backup to drive is a built-in core feature of Android.
poolopolopolo 4y ago
The moment they are okay with wsp backing up things there?

ethicalsmacker 4y ago

5 million files is a lot of files. You could back up windows several times over and that’s saying a lot. What normal user has millions of typical data laying around? Not many, if any.

TheHappyOddish 4y ago
There are billions of internet users. The "abnormal" group may be hundreds of thousands or millions, and still be < 1%.
coreyp_1 4y ago
"What normal user has millions of typical data laying around?" Enough that this policy is impacting some of them. Again, realize that this isn't just talking about free accounts. It's paid accounts, too, regardless of the plan size. 2TB... 5 million file limit. 20TB... 5 million file limit. 1 plan with 10 users... still a 5 million file limit. If you can't see that this could be a problem for normal customers (or normal accounts that may comprise multiple users), then you're not thinking creatively. I wouldn't doubt that I have millions of files backed up on various drives, simply because I back up every system, and I've owned computers since the 90's. And I'm not intentionally trying to generate data!