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I didn't notice, since Google Drive pretty much always says "Unable to connect" for me. If I restart it, it'll stay connected for a while and then go back to "unable to connect" Anybody else have this issue?

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Yes, that is my experience too. But I don't care; google drive is for google docs, and google docs aren't useful at all on my desktop. I'm not sure why I even run the gdrive desktop app.

Yeah, the sync features are just there are a bare minimum checklist requirement. Drive was delayed for over five years for one single reason: because the VP in charge believed that storing files on a local machine was antithetical to Google's entire vision of how computing should work.

(Source: In the Plex,by Steven Levy, interviews)

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