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

  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Jumping through hoops?

    Merely being logged in while using any of their websites or services any time in the last 3 years is enough to be considered an active account.

    Watching a single youtube video or doing 1 Google search or reading a news article or accessing one of those precious files you have saved on their cloud server while logged in once every 3 years is hardly “jumping through hoops”.

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It won’t allow you to log back in without adding a phone number, even though it had been used during those three years

      They’re just trying to get rid of anonymous accounts

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I have a Google Voice number that I set up years ago and never used. They sent me an email saying “you haven’t used this in a while, send one text or make one phone call to keep the number active”.