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Look, Google Drive, it’s not all bad. You’re free (mostly), you integrate with everything, and you have saved my bacon more times than I can count. But the relationship is strained. We stay together out of convenience, not because it works flawlessly.

The shared drives mount point is particularly fragile, often requiring users to manually "Refresh" it from the context menu to see new folders that have been added online. A major issue in July 2025 even left many users unable to access their shared drives at all. When the core function of a cloud drive is to keep files consistent across devices, these constant, random failures are unforgivable. google drive 10 things i hate about you

Issue with File Sharing Permissions? - Google Drive Community Look, Google Drive, it’s not all bad

When you upload a Microsoft Word or Excel document, Drive frequently tries to force its conversion into Google Docs or Sheets format to allow web editing. If you prefer to keep files in their native Microsoft formats to preserve complex macros, formatting, or fonts, you must constantly fight the interface and manually adjust settings to prevent auto-conversion. 8. No Built-in Duplicate Finder We stay together out of convenience, not because