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Where the hell is the open source app that downloads all your google stuff? There is a huge opportunity to be a hero.
by hyperhello 6mo ago
Where the hell is the open source app that downloads all your google stuff? There is a huge opportunity to be a hero.
- lkbm 6mo agoGoogle Takeout[0] seems to have basically everything selected by default, so I don't see a need for another tool. [0] https://takeout.google.com/ https://takeout.google.com/
- mdni007 6mo agoMost people who use Google services don't know about this or simply do not have bare minimum technical knowledge required to set this up or even know why they would need to do backups
- lkbm 6mo agoIt doesn't require any technical expertise to set up--you click a button--unless you want to import into something else. I agree it should be more advertised, but I don't see how an open source tool would require less technical knowledge or be better known.
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- nosrepa 6mo agoWhy do you need an app? https://takeout.google.com/ https://takeout.google.com/
- buildbot 6mo agoTakeout always fails for me, with ~11TB of data in Google Drive.
- WarmWash 6mo agoI have been trying to do takeout periodically for 6 months. All manner of combinations and different sets of data. I'm probably at 20 attempts and everyone single one has failed...
- saulpw 6mo agoTimelinize[0] has been at this for awhile on several platforms. [0] https://timelinize.com/ https://timelinize.com/