Commenters focused on the OP’s claim that Google illegally retained customer data and his certainty he would “win” in court. Several users pushed back on the legal confidence: mitxela and tylervigen argued court wins aren’t automatic and you must prove a specific law and harm, Root_Access warned about legal technicalities that could excuse Google, and piltdownman pointed to GDPR complexity and enforcement groups like Max Schrems and NOYB. Others suggested procedural and evidentiary hurdles, with some advising the OP to hire a lawyer. A few voices, like 31337Logic, encouraged litigation and even class-action thinking, saying large companies have settled before.
The conversation also split on the technical facts and the post’s provenance. mysterydip and tgsovlerkhgsel debated whether the chat content is an actual JSON file or merely metadata/shortcuts, and whether Google’s file-restore behavior proved deletion or just pointer loss. Several commenters, including teekert and saaaaaam, suspected significant AI involvement in drafting the post and criticized its tone as AI-like or overwrought. Opinion therefore divides between legal skeptics emphasizing law, procedure, and precedent, and supporters urging legal action while a separate technical debate concerns what exactly was stored or deleted.
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