> When google phased out the unlimited plan, he's not paying for a non-unlimited plan
Sure, but you're missing the main point of the story, which is the seven days they gave him to download everything.
> It would cost the guy $5000 a month to store his data on S3
According to the S3 Glacier pricing I see, it would be less than $900/month. It would cost less than a $5000 one-time payment to buy enough USB storage for the full 237 TB.
Sure, but you're missing the main point of the story, which is the seven days they gave him to download everything.
> It would cost the guy $5000 a month to store his data on S3
According to the S3 Glacier pricing I see, it would be less than $900/month. It would cost less than a $5000 one-time payment to buy enough USB storage for the full 237 TB.
> and he doesn't want to pay that
No, the story doesn't say that.