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> They don't even have an option to show you how much space folders take up, when they charge you based on space usage.

iirc unlike Dropbox, files shared with you do not count against your quota on Google Drive as long as you don't add it to your drive.

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That sounds like a great way to extend storage beyond the limit!

How so? someone has to share the files first and there is a quota on the amount of times a shared file can be accessed.

open a dummy account, upload and share it with your main account

...or spend $2/mo and get way more storage without the hassle. This fits into the same category as "you can get as much free catsup as you want from fast food restaurants" - not a really useful life hack.

Until google's automated process ban all those accounts. That method is used by many pirate video sites and they'll have to constantly play cat and mouse with google. Do not try it if your account contains anything important as once you got banned there is no way to restore your account due to absolute lack of human tech supports on google side.

Have you tried opening a dummy account lately on Google? You typically need a phone number to verify, and not some VOIP number but a major carrier. That is a lot of effort for 15GB of extra data, when you can just pay $12/mo for unlimited with G Suite.

Is it that hard to get a burner number in the US ? In France it literally takes 30s to get one at a shop

Yes it is pretty difficult, and like I said they limit what phone numbers you can use. It ends up costing more money than just paying for additional storage.

Unlimited Drive Storage by splitting binary files into base64:

- https://github.com/stewartmcgown/uds

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19907271

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