[mhasbini]

Getting locked out of Google is a legit risk that I have: I'll loose most of my personal & professional data because of it: Emails (Gmail), Files & Photos (Drive), Contacts, Calendar...

Google already offer a way to download backups from Google Takeout. But this isn't enough because:

1- I have to remember to download an up-to-date backup myself. 2- I have to store the backup somewhere. 3- Retrieving the data is cumbersome: e.g. if I need to access my emails after a lock down I'll have to first get a recent backup that I stored somewhere then try to find a program that work on my machine that'll read the email format then import it.

This approach is open to flaws that is why I'm working on the side on a product that address these pain-points: you'll be able to automatically get backups to the service servers and it'll do all the parsing so that you can have a similar services UI (read-only) to the ones from Google.

Shoot me an email if you want to keep updated.

[donmcronald]

Try exporting data from a whole GSuite account. They make it as difficult as possible. IMO it’s intentional, but maybe Google just sucks.

[mhasbini]

Supporting GSuite/workplace accounts is on my list for things to look at once an MVP is ready.

Did you try to process listed here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/100458?hl=en ?

[donmcronald]

That actually worked for me. I couldn't get it to work last year. It was still a PITA to download the bucket it makes, but at least it's one big bulk operation.

[hilbert42]

Good one, automatic backups that avoid the user having to do it are an excellent idea.