The mystery of the disappearing Google Drive files
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The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished

UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath’s support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.

  • rengoku@social.venith.net
    English
    52·
    1 year ago

    I switched after Dropbox lost over 2TB of my data.

    How? Randomly gone? Hard to believe that.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I mean the OP is talking about the same thing happening with Google so what makes it so hard to believe?

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      It’s not hard to believe. My experience with Dropbox was fucking terrible. The company engages in bait and switch sales tactics, so there is really no reason to trust the technical portion of their service to be reliable.

    • grimacefry@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This was in 2016. I accepted an invite to join a Dropbox Business account from my employer. This was linked to my personal account. It was early days for this at Dropbox, and there was a bug. When the accounts got linked it completely wiped my personal account.