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If you're worried about your data evaporating, consider using Google Inactive Account Manager to set up a way to automatically gift your data to a family member. https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3036546?hl=en

There's already enough publicly-shared content online to keep historians facepalming about this era for centuries to come, without digging into everyone's non-public files.

Heh, now try to win the privacy debate that’s on the other side of your argument.

One argument I've heard is that you can encrypt your data now to gain privacy while you're alive. Then by the time the data would be useful for historians they'll probably have enough compute to break 21st century encryption.

People can choose whether they want their data retained after death. A default opt out sounds good.