[salomonk_mur]

But... It's true. Deleting data completely is an easy way to gimp and lobotomize your future analysis.

Storage is cheap. Never delete data.

[ziml77]

I prefer audit tables. Soft deletes don't capture updates, audit tables do (you could make every update a delete and insert in a soft delete table, but that adds a lot of bloat to the table)

[yxhuvud]

Deleting data is also a very easy way to not get GDPR compliance issues. Data is a cost and a risk, and should be minimised to what is actually relevant. Storage is the least part of the cost.

[phito]

Not an issue if you're not building SaaS

[sfn42]

Depends on the data in question. Some data is worth keeping, other data isn't.