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The issue with this implementation is that the result is a huge batch of data that the new adult has to sort through... I don't know how engaging that will turn out.

So my take on it is that I shoot videos for my daughter, with the plan that they'll be drip-released (1 per week) to her when she either:

- turns 18

- leaves home for "college" or the equivalent

- or loses her dad (me)

I figure that building some anticipation and sharing the story as bite-size pieces is emotionally more interesting.

Also...

Last year Google deleted 175GB of data that I'd been storing on a paid account for 10+ years.

I don't think they can be considered a durable storage medium... especially if your account is a FREE one.

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> Last year Google deleted 175GB of data that I'd been storing on a paid account for 10+ years.

Hopefully that wasn't your only copy. You can currently get a 12TB hard drive from Amazon for $90. You can probably fill that up with five generations of an entire family tree's digital memories and put it in a fire safe. For a few hundred bucks including the safe.

Not your drive, not your data.

I know, right?

The most painful part was that those files were still "there" for 30 days before deletion. (They occupied space) but the customer support was exceptionnally unhelpful and confirmed that I could not access, restore, or backup these files in any way, shape or form (even though I'd have been willing to pay for it).

So... yes. I've got those 2TB and 5TB drives now. (Working on a documentary, so I have two copies of everything in separate locations)

I'm not having this happen again

DO NOT BUY THAT (OR ANY) 12TB RUST DRIVE FROM AMAZON. I bought a 12TB drive same day delivery so I could blow away my 1.4TB home folder with no qualms about slowly reclaiming what I need/use from the backup for a month before I "freeze" the data on a shelf.

Instead of copying my library to my shiny Boox Note Air 2 and playing with my new toy, I spent Sunday hovering over an rsync transfer, cork tapping the spindle when it started clicking and grinding after having it for less than two weeks.

Where would you suggest buying from instead?

Next time I want a drive the same day I'm taking the light rail to Best Buy. Otherwise probably online from Microcenter or Monoprice.

The brand and model is much more useful information than the retailer you got a bad drive from.

Does the bullshit P&TO, Chinese-alphabet-soup-fake-brand-name of the enclosure matter that much? It was a Seagate Exos X4 drive inside the "branded" enclosure.

I consider Seagate to be a trustworthy brand, yet the one sent to me failed within two weeks and it had no shock absorption in the device at all.

When you buy rust drives on Amazon you are rolling the dice that you're going to get a drive that's been thrown around and could fail within two weeks.

In the case of Amazon, I don't think that's true, but my opinion is only shaped by what I read online since I don't use it. I'd be wary of getting fake/counterfeit/knockoff items even if I thought I was buying the real thing.

The dreaded spindle click. Few sounds in tech evoke such grief.

How would you drip the assets out in the future? What's the mechanism and how would it trigger (in the event of your unfortunate or unexpected demise)?

I love the "unfortunate OR unexpected" demise phrasing.

I've created a document several years ago, after getting married, that outlines what I want to be done with my company, my products, my IP, my devices, and so on.

Now that you mention it, I need to update it a bit.

But yes, the idea is that I'm setting a bit of money aside for my executor to hire somebody to drip-feed the videos with whatever the technology of that year is.

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