Ask HN: How Googley is threatening to disable my Gmail unless I pay for storage?

6 pointsvincefutr231y ago5 comments

You'll stop getting emails on Sep 1 ... You don't have enough storage. Starting Sep 1, emails sent to you will be bounced back to the sender and can't be recovered. Try more storage for 1 month at no charge.

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talldayo1y ago

Delete some emails. If you're not paying for the service you're really at the mercy of the service-owner and the Terms of Service you agreed to.

entrepy1231y ago

It's wasn't Googley 20 years ago [0, 1], but I'd say it's Googley today.

  [0] https://support.google.com/mail/thread/135127825/never-delete-another-email
  [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20040401041817/http://gmail.google.com/

blinded1y ago

Two options, delete or pay. I did both.

joezydeco1y ago

Google Takeout. Archive that shit.

nolist_policy1y ago

How dare they make money with something that is not advertising!

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