Users Confused That Google Drive Feels Like a Passive Display, Not Active Storage
A user reports intense frustration that after uploading many files to Google Drive, the service doesn't appear to do anything beyond passively displaying them. This points to a possible onboarding or expectation-setting gap around what Google Drive actually does versus what users expect it to do with their files.
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