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Silent data loss with Google Drive (old.reddit.com)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KryptoLouie on 2025-07-29 23:11:59+00:00.

A word of warning on using this service. Data can be silently dropped with GDrive.

About a year ago, I upload files to my paid Google drive. All seems fine, but I started noticing not all files are accounted for, (96 files in the folder when I uploaded 100). No errors. No warnings. No retries. I have since stopped using the mobile app as a reliable way to upload files and only used the service as a way to share files when needed.

Fast forward to today, I wanted to download a few folders to my computer. Selected 5 folders on my Gdrive and clicked download. Upon unzipping the folder, only 3 folders showed in the zip file. Again no errors. No warnings no retries nor any indication of something went wrong. WTF.

Unreliable garbage.

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