Wait, so Google just moved around important users' files on their devices without being asked to do so. And now they decided to just delete those files together with the feature? This sounds pretty crazy, even for Google.
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2024
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This is so fucking weird. Features like this usually work by merely attaching tags or creating shortcuts, and without moving the original file anywhere. Therefore removing the "Important" tab should only remove the tags and leave files intact.
I wonder whether it's a poor implementation of the feature by Google (highly unlikely) or poor understanding and misrepresentation of the process by the article's author (highly possible).
According to the article this is a feature that finds “important” documents. Like auto-starring files.
Yeah, so basically Google invented a feature that finds your important files and deletes them. The future is here!
Of course I'm exaggerating for humoristic effect but in all seriousness I think the whole action is extremely poorly executed. I would be surprised if there weren't some cases of people actually losing something important because of this.
Oh wait
Particularly worrying for users is that Google plans to delete any file that is inside the Important tab by February 15, 2024. Users who don't want to lose access to these files need to move them before the shutdown data.
They’re literally deleting them what the fuck?
This is a "feature" that was only ever available in India. It still sucks, but that's a pretty rage-baity headline.