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by kccqzy 653 days ago
I believe the impetus is just Google cancelling the free unlimited storage for education institutions.
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Yup. They reduced our storage by a lot with no alternatives so far.

I was supposed to have just 10 GB of storage total. We complained, so at least now it's 30 GB. Still it's borderline low for me because of the kind of data we collect and collaborative work.

I'm looking for a solution in the mean time; trying to change my workflow.

It is sad IMO, yours may differ, that educational institutions, once among the pioneers of the internet, are now relying on an advertising company for something as basic as email.
I don't think that's sad at all. When the internet and email were trailblazing technology it was right that the educational institutions were the pioneers. Now they are boring old technology and they can outsource that. Maintaining email systems isn't research and won't lead to many papers.
Let me guess. There's no easy way out of their cloud.
Yep. Cal uses Google Workspaces.