At an individual level I appreciate when an app or service I use maintains all records from the start of our relationship, I’ve infrequently found myself going back and looking for something, and it’s always a breath of fresh air to see that nothing was deleted.
Sorry for the offtopicness, but please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40418627 regarding a flamewar that happened over a week ago. It's important that this not happen again.