Comment by xinayder

I fail to see how this is Google's problem and as much as it pains me to say this, I agree with Google.

I believe it is more the downstream providers fault for not terminating inactive accounts, and the failed startup's for not properly deleting their Google accounts.

Google can mitigate this as the author mentioned, but this is not their responsibility. They shouldn't be held liable because failed startups were stupid to not delete their data.