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Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I would say that it sounds like the reason we no longer have nearly unlimited is that Google advertised it as something it wasn't - unlimited.

If they said "nearly unlimited" and "we'll start throttling your upload speed after x TB, they very much could've kept this going.

My understanding of tragedy of the commons is much more applicable to scenarios that aren't in a single parties control. Things like pollution, global warming, etc.

Things like "you said it was unlimited, but didn't account for folks taking you up on that offer" is just false/misleading advertising, or bad product planning.

I, too, can offer unlimited resources as long as folks don't take me up on the offer. However by doing so I will lose credibility.