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Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I switched to Sync because Google Drive reports that all my files are synced when they are not. There is no way to correct it or force Drive to upload the missing files and there's no way to know when it is lying. I had to constantly check manually, which was a pain in the ass. They lied constantly.

Sync.com has been excellent. They are cheaper, easier to use and do everything Google Drive did, including sharing folders for uploads and downloads with non-subscribers (which even Dropbox can't do). Oh, and they don't fucking lie. Fuck Google.