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Google Takeout

Raised as a usability problem by 54 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 44 threads.

Ranked by people · period

This year (last 12 months)Last 5 yearsSince the beginning (2007)

No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.

1
Downloading 1.5TB of photos via Takeout is very cumbersomeUnreviewed
5 people in the last 5 years · 4 threads
2
Export well hidden, takes days, and large downloads keep failingUnreviewed
4 people in the last 5 years · 4 threads
3
Export split into hundreds of duplicated files with errorsUnreviewed
3 people in the last 5 years · 3 threads
4
Takeout downloads can't be automated and need reauthentication every 10 minutesUnreviewed
3 people in the last 5 years · 3 threads

1
Export split into hundreds of duplicated files with errorsUnreviewed
8 people since the beginning · 8 threads
2
Downloading 1.5TB of photos via Takeout is very cumbersomeUnreviewed
8 people since the beginning · 7 threads
3
Takeout downloads can't be automated and need reauthentication every 10 minutesUnreviewed
7 people since the beginning · 6 threads
4
Export well hidden, takes days, and large downloads keep failingUnreviewed
5 people since the beginning · 5 threads

Every issue, all time, most people first

Export split into hundreds of duplicated files with errorsUnreviewed
8 people since 2019, in 6 different years · 1 this year
20102026
Something wrong here?
Downloading 1.5TB of photos via Takeout is very cumbersomeUnreviewed
8 people since 2018, in 5 different years · 2 this year
20102026
Something wrong here?
Takeout downloads can't be automated and need reauthentication every 10 minutesUnreviewed
7 people since 2020, in 4 different years · none this year
20102026
Something wrong here?
Export well hidden, takes days, and large downloads keep failingUnreviewed
5 people since 2020, in 4 different years · 1 this year
20102026
Something wrong here?

This list counts all time; the period switch above only changes the ranking. Each issue is a group of similar complaints raised by at least 3 people in 3 different months and threads. Each line under an issue is Claude Haiku's summary of one of its latest comments, not a quote; follow it to read the comment on Hacker News.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

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