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My complaint isn't so much the service being discontinued. The gripe I have is the loss of data. If they just made it read only and kept the archive up, I would just say "oh well". This is also a good demonstration on why I will never trust cloud storage. [ |
smeezekitty, I think what they are trying to say is that google have anyway given you advance notice to shift your data out, so you have nothing to complain about. OK, fair enough.
Also that data loss cannot be a ground for a lawsuit if you don't have a privity of contract with the party. I think this is also something that might vary depending on the local laws, but anyway I accept this in principle as well. Free services are a contentious issue when it comes to the law. I think the law is still evolving with respect to Internet services, cloud etc. free or not. I too have the same policy with respect to "cloud". Never trust your private data with it, especially not critical data. My main objection is to the wrongful notion that paid services are somehow inherently more trustable or future-proof than free ones -- so the 'you got it free, so what are you complaining about' is actually irrelevant to the issue. |
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Again, the price you pay for a "free" service is that it can be terminated any time with no warning. That is the actual price you are really paying. I don't think I even need to reiterate my points about what Google is. |
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