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From comments it seems like Google is enforcing around ~5TB/user. People using anywhere from 5.??TB all the way to 152TB (just how?) got the email. EDIT: One u

From comments it seems like Google is enforcing around ~5TB/user. People using anywhere from 5.??TB all the way to 152TB (just how?) got the email. EDIT: One user claims to have 2 PB stored. Wow.

yunohn 3y ago
This is /r/datahoarders - makes total sense. That sub is full of entitled users that believe exploiting an “unlimited” storage loophole forever is somehow morally justifiable.
- circlemaker 3y ago
  I don't think they need to justify themselves morally....
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- CyberDildonics 3y ago
  A giant company said it was unlimited and people took them at their word. That isn't a 'loophole' or a 'moral' decision.
- blibble 3y ago
  > exploiting an “unlimited” storage loophole forever is somehow morally justifiable. this isn't a mom and pa business people are "exploiting" and by "exploiting", I mean exercising their rights under the contract the multi-billion dollar huge multi-national wrote
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    These are single line users trying to exploit giant Corp. Yes that is exploitation too. They are not business users. They are exploiters trying to get the same benefit that someone with general use cases is offered. If restaurant offers a person an all you can eat buffet, and that person sits for 4 hours in an online eating competition, that person definitely has abused the offer made. Doesn't matter the contract's fine print.
    - blibble 3y ago
      > Doesn't matter the contract's fine print. of course it does, this is the entire basis of Western business you write contract that benefits the other party more than yourself? well, tough shit the company offered unlimited storage in a freely offered contract in exchange for money their counterparty paid them and is expecting to have unlimited storage to use the only person being immoral here is the entity that marketed their service as unlimited when they had no intention of providing it
      - nashashmi 3y ago
        Contract is written to establish an understanding between two parties. Every now and then a dispute happens, and that is handled by a judge. The judge has no opinion in the matter except what is explicitly stated. And then goes on to the explicit intent to help with resolving the dispute. Now here comes a single person with an intent to exploit service meant for another customer. And it happens quite often: "is there anything in the TOS that considers this particular use as against its terms?" The user makes a determination that it does not and proceeds to sign up. After excessive use, the provider determines this kind of use is not something it can help with and changes the terms. > you write contract that benefits the other party more than yourself? well, tough shit That is the abusers perspective. And he knows well that whatever he is doing is not kosher. It's like going to home depot with a generous return policy and abusing their policy. How long do you expect that to go on? Home depot changes its policy for seasonal equipment that it needs to be returned within a set time. The abusers expected this.
        blibble 3y ago
        you have a complete misunderstanding of how contracts work in common law countries
- smileybarry 3y ago
  I know about that subreddit but I'm still shocked at how you can stuff cloud storage to that amount, given upload speeds, shared links, throttling, etc. It must've taken ages to upload over a 100 TB, not to mention 2 PB.
- kobalsky 3y ago
  google is exploiting their elasticity to avoid providing a concrete number and making any kind of fair competition impossible with companies that need to be profitable to remain in business. this typical modus operandi of giving away stuff for free or at a loss until everyone is dead, the ground is salted and nothing grows, is toxic and bad for end users.
detaro 3y ago
> 152TB (just how?) got the email. EDIT: One user claims to have 2 PB stored. Wow. Need to backup the giant unwatched porn and movie collection somehow, and paying for that would be expensive, so pushing "unlimited" offers by companies as far as possible is a favorite past time of these people.
whatyesaid 3y ago
I mean games these days are hundreds of gigabytes each. If you archive the not most popular TV shows and movies that can really add up. Especially 4k.

From comments it seems like Google is enforcing around ~5TB/user. People using anywhere from 5.??TB all the way to 152TB (just how?) got the email. EDIT: One user claims to have 2 PB stored. Wow.

yunohn 3y ago

This is /r/datahoarders - makes total sense. That sub is full of entitled users that believe exploiting an “unlimited” storage loophole forever is somehow morally justifiable.

circlemaker 3y ago
I don't think they need to justify themselves morally....
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CyberDildonics 3y ago
A giant company said it was unlimited and people took them at their word. That isn't a 'loophole' or a 'moral' decision.
blibble 3y ago
> exploiting an “unlimited” storage loophole forever is somehow morally justifiable. this isn't a mom and pa business people are "exploiting" and by "exploiting", I mean exercising their rights under the contract the multi-billion dollar huge multi-national wrote
- nashashmi 3y ago
  These are single line users trying to exploit giant Corp. Yes that is exploitation too. They are not business users. They are exploiters trying to get the same benefit that someone with general use cases is offered. If restaurant offers a person an all you can eat buffet, and that person sits for 4 hours in an online eating competition, that person definitely has abused the offer made. Doesn't matter the contract's fine print.
  - blibble 3y ago
    > Doesn't matter the contract's fine print. of course it does, this is the entire basis of Western business you write contract that benefits the other party more than yourself? well, tough shit the company offered unlimited storage in a freely offered contract in exchange for money their counterparty paid them and is expecting to have unlimited storage to use the only person being immoral here is the entity that marketed their service as unlimited when they had no intention of providing it
    - nashashmi 3y ago
      Contract is written to establish an understanding between two parties. Every now and then a dispute happens, and that is handled by a judge. The judge has no opinion in the matter except what is explicitly stated. And then goes on to the explicit intent to help with resolving the dispute. Now here comes a single person with an intent to exploit service meant for another customer. And it happens quite often: "is there anything in the TOS that considers this particular use as against its terms?" The user makes a determination that it does not and proceeds to sign up. After excessive use, the provider determines this kind of use is not something it can help with and changes the terms. > you write contract that benefits the other party more than yourself? well, tough shit That is the abusers perspective. And he knows well that whatever he is doing is not kosher. It's like going to home depot with a generous return policy and abusing their policy. How long do you expect that to go on? Home depot changes its policy for seasonal equipment that it needs to be returned within a set time. The abusers expected this.
      - blibble 3y ago
        you have a complete misunderstanding of how contracts work in common law countries
smileybarry 3y ago
I know about that subreddit but I'm still shocked at how you can stuff cloud storage to that amount, given upload speeds, shared links, throttling, etc. It must've taken ages to upload over a 100 TB, not to mention 2 PB.
kobalsky 3y ago
google is exploiting their elasticity to avoid providing a concrete number and making any kind of fair competition impossible with companies that need to be profitable to remain in business. this typical modus operandi of giving away stuff for free or at a loss until everyone is dead, the ground is salted and nothing grows, is toxic and bad for end users.

detaro 3y ago

> 152TB (just how?) got the email. EDIT: One user claims to have 2 PB stored. Wow. Need to backup the giant unwatched porn and movie collection somehow, and paying for that would be expensive, so pushing "unlimited" offers by companies as far as possible is a favorite past time of these people.

whatyesaid 3y ago

I mean games these days are hundreds of gigabytes each. If you archive the not most popular TV shows and movies that can really add up. Especially 4k.