Google has issued initial warnings regarding inactive accounts, those untouched for at least two years. In three weeks, the updated Inactive Google Account Policy will come into...

Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December::undefined

  • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    1 year ago

    Yeah “fuck these guys for trying to save money by cleaning up stuff that hasn’t been used in years!”/s

    They’re just doing what any other company would do.

    • cabron_offsets@lemmy.worldEnglish
      39·
      1 year ago

      If you could engage whatever functioning synapses you may possess, you might realize that this indicates that fewer people are using Google shit.

      • The Octonaut@mander.xyzEnglish
        102·
        1 year ago

        Uh, no, it means that it’s been 20 years. People have made new accounts, moved organisations, gotten old, and just plain died.

        1.8 billion people have a Gmail account. One in five people - not email users, people. “Millions” of accounts being deleted is not even a significant number.