I think a lot of Local Guides will stop contributing now...
The right thing would be for Google to extend the drive space promotion for those of us actually contributing frequently. Of course the storage space was an incentive when I stared with Local Guides, but I mainly did it, because I like to help others, and appreciate it when I get help in other cities I visit, from those Local Guides living there.
The thing that makes me mad is that Local Guides didn't even send an email so we could prepare. Now I'm frantically downloading my content so Google doesn't cripple my Gmail. Yeah sure I could buy the storage upgrade, "it's only $10", yeah every month it's $10...
I kinda feel like we were baited into needing to pay for storage. I set my content upload to "original quality" because why not, the space was sitting there. There's no way to change that anymore, 2 years of content is there in original quality, that I have to download, otherwise it'll get deleted. I would have been fine with just high quality pictures that can be stored without limit, but I was seduced.
BTW Flickr gives away 1TB space with no strings attached, just saying...
Thankfully I have a G Suite account, that I pay for anyways, because of my business, so I'll just migrate the content over. I still feel tricked and used...
If you are in the same situation, that you have an other account that you can migrate your content over to here is some help:
First it's best if you use Google Takeout (takeout.google.com) to download all your content, just to make sure you have a backup! Always back everything up, always!
The easiest way to migrate from one account to an other is to use the new "Shared Library" feature of Google Photos:
1. Set up a "Shared Library" with that account
2. Share "all content" with that account
3. On the account you're sharing with, in the settings set the Save automatically option to "save all content"
Wait till all the content transfers over. This can take a while depending on how much you have. After it's transferred, you can delete the content from your crippled source account.
Oh yeah I still think it's not too late for Local Guides and Google to do the right thing, and extend the promotion for those of us who worked so much on Maps, so if you are reading this think about how much we did for you, and how little that drive space is in the grand scheme of things, even if it's for thousands of people...
The easiest way to migrate from one account to an other is to use the new "Shared Library" feature of Google Photos:
1. Set up a "Shared Library" with that account
2. Share "all content" with that account
3. On the account you're sharing with, in the settings set the Save automatically option to "save all content"
Wait till all the content transfers over. This can take a while depending on how much you have. After it's transferred, you can delete the content from your crippled source account.
Nice trick! I never think about. I'm using multcloud to do the same thing, but it's not so easy!
There is no way to get back space in drive. As per this post it was ended by this march. Yes there is a risk for receiving mails. You have to remove your personal data from drive. For more info plz carefully read this post.
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