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Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December (www.techspot.com)
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Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 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.