So here is the issue, I use Google Drive because I am a writer who does a lot of writing. And I thought the cloud was a reliable way to store my writing, however now Google is looking through it's to train their ai. And I'm worried about that, especially since I have written a lot of questionable content, porn and the like. What if Google Now arbitrarily decides that I'm not using Google Drive properly and bans me from the Google, that's not good. What should I do and what alternatives can I use? Will these Alternatives still be around in like 10 years?

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    1 year ago

    Others have already mentioned other cloud storage options, which are good because they both synchronize your writing and also give you a backup in case something goes wrong.

    If you already have a backup solution, you could consider syncthing. It keeps folders on several different devices up to date without storing a copy in the cloud somewhere. It’s free but takes some setting up

    You could also compress your files into a zip, add a password, and then store it in google drive. You can’t do online writing and it’d be a hassle to re-encrypt them each time you make a change but google wouldn’t be able to scan your docs and you could restore your writing if something goes wrong on your local computer