Will G + for education be free forever? Why am I asking: I have about 3.3 TB data stored on my account and Google has recently been unreliable; killing apps without any reasonable reasons; Allo, G+, Inbox and hangouts to follow soon.
Should I start downloading my stuff before we would be given few months to do?
I don't know. It always has been, at least.
ReplyDelete> Google has recently been unreliable; killing apps without any reasonable reasons
ReplyDeleteI think their reason is, to get more developers working on their big project, which I guess is something akin to "Manhattan Project" on AI.
Additionally, it is possible to create an abstraction, that makes all apps obsolete, and that abstraction is what I'm lately working on as part of (wefindx.com). If Google is working on something like that, it means you need a lot of developers to write a lot of adapters to internet's resources (variety of apps and APIs), and that would require a lot of man power... The result could be a universal peer (for humans), so that humans each can have a central place, where all of their data and management integrates into decentralized personal intelligences... What Google is doing is to anyone's speculation, but there must be a reason why they need to get more developers work on something.
I would be surprised if Google starts charging for education accounts.
ReplyDeleteFor them, it's a good gateway drug 😉
You might want to start clearing out of date attachments though.
I don't have them to hand, but there are ways to search Gmail and Drive by size (noting that native Docs and Sheets don't count towards your data allowance).
I'd suggest download periodically just for backup purposes. I'm on the 'resiliency' committee at my school and just watched a video of how CSU Northridge managed through the aftermath of the 6.8 earthquake. There's no guarantee that you'll have internet or phone access for days, weeks, months. If it's of value to you, your life's work should be available in more than one location.
ReplyDeleteI can't see Google killing a product without giving you a chance to download your data.
ReplyDeleteJason Bouwmeester I think Stephen's concern is more regarding how much time is available to download the data, seeing how he would have to sync more than 3 TB :)
ReplyDeleteNever trust the cloud.
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