One of the best ways to prevent the count down timer from even starting is to take an old android or iOS burner phone, sign into Google services, leave the phon

One of the best ways to prevent the count down timer from even starting is to take an old android or iOS burner phone, sign into Google services, leave the phone powered on and connected to a Wi-Fi network, and then walk away. The countdown timer will never start and it satisfies one of googles requirements. Another way is to deposit cash into something like Google voice or playstore. I used to use Google voice to call internationally and have like $4 in there. Google won't ever delete this account because of my unused funds. Annoying but worth it if the account is valuable to you. Regardless, remember when Google used to have that storage counter that kept going up? I do.