The mystery of the disappearing Google Drive files

Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath's support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

As somebody who for years has expressed total distrust in Google's interest (much less ability) in keeping user data available and secure, this story confirms my biases. I've been burned by so many tools at this point that I'll choose a diffable and mergeable file format that I can store and back up on my own hardware whenever feasible.