"The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years."
Not a terrible requirement. If they are so important to you, why can't you login once every 2 years. Why is it bad news?
Not a terrible requirement. If they are so important to you, why can't you login once every 2 years. Why is it bad news?
Apparently actively using this service does not count as an "active login", because that account was disabled and my number was given to someone else. I only found out when a friend showed me screenshots of my number texting them "who is this?", despite having my main email and phone number as backups for the second account. I cannot get that number back, and support was no help.
Source: I had Voice and Fi on the same account.
If it's so important to them, maybe their partners or family can login - or they can do a takeout and store their data in a hard drive. Who knows if Google services will be around when they get out, right?
Sometimes I am not even confident they'll be around tomorrow.
Gmail made it a generous 6 months. I don’t know when it changed to two years.