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Google backtracks on Drive file limits

Surely you will remember it, just a few days ago we told you that Google had quietly imposed a limit on the maximum number of files that can be stored in Google Drive. This is not a limit that may affect the majority of users, since it was established at five million files, but even so, it did not take long for the first affected by this measure to appear, when they go to create/upload new files to their storage unit in the cloud, they found messages in which the service indicated that they had to “clean up” first, since they had exceeded the allowed limit.

The biggest problem is that, in addition, Google did not inform previously, that it would have been ideal, nor when it established this measureTherefore, the affected users did not have the slightest margin of maneuver to be able to act accordingly. This is undoubtedly surprising, since the truth is that the search engine company usually always acts in a fairly responsible manner in this regard, reporting any change that may affect the users of any of its services well in advance.

It is even worse, as we already stated last Friday, because this limitation is also of a universal nature, that is, that affects free accounts, but also paid accounts, regardless of the contracted storage capacity. We can understand that a limit of this type is established in a free account, but if we talk about paid ones, let’s remember that it is possible to contract up to 30 terabytes automatically, and that for greater needs, those interested can contact Google. Does it make sense to pay 149.99 euros per month, and have the same limit in this regard as free accounts? I think the question answers itself.

The good news is that the company has realized the error and, as we can read in a tweet from the official account of the service, Google backtracks and removes the file limit on Google Drive. As we can read in the message, said limit was established in order to try to maintain the stability of the service and optimize its performance, but if, as they affirm, the impact of it has been so small, in terms of the number of affected users … what impact could it really be having on the stability and performance of the platform?

Be that as it may, to err is human and to rectify is divine, so we must celebrate that the company has decided to back down. And it’s even better because, regarding the “silent” mode with which this limitation was implemented, in a second tweet they state the following: “If we need to make changes, we will communicate them to users in advance«. Come on, they also acknowledge receipt and undertake to act as they have almost always done, that is, previously reporting.

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