File Download Causes Extreme Storage Inflation in Google Docs
A user reports that downloading a 2GB file caused Google Docs storage to jump from 200MB to 16GB, suggesting a severe storage accounting bug. This is a single anecdotal report with no upvotes and no broader validation. Likely a platform-specific edge case rather than a systemic issue.
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