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

  • 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

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      1 year ago

      So what’s the point of such anonymous account? Waiting for 10 more years till policy is changed by some reason or you finally figure out a way how to get a number that’s not tied to your name?

      I am surprised they did not have such periodical purges in the past.

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        1 year ago

        I mean, yes?

        Making it harder for the average person to keep their identity separate from their Google account is the point…

        They hadn’t done this in the past because they weren’t big enough to keep people on their service while degrading the service