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Normally I try to rule out conspiracy theories, but this one is pretty interesting. A video being removed I could understand, but deleting an entire Google acc
by gavanwoolery 9y ago
Normally I try to rule out conspiracy theories, but this one is pretty interesting. A video being removed I could understand, but deleting an entire Google account seems like a rather extreme measure, and I wonder who is really pulling the strings here. I could certainly think of motives for doing so.
- tyingq 9y agoIt gets worse over time as well, as their product space expands. If she had a Chromebook, Chromecast, Google Home device, Android phone, etc...it would easily make $1k+ worth of purchases worth substantially less. You would have to either sell them, or lose all setup (contacts, configuration, purchased apps, etc) and history.
- jdietrich 9y ago> I wonder who is really pulling the strings here With 99.9% confidence, I'm saying an algorithm. It isn't unusual for a company to automatically delete accounts that seriously breach their ToCs; the unique problem with Google is that their ecosystem is so large and pervasive.
- anotherbrownguy 9y agoThe "algorithm" seems very much in bed with American military industry.
- chippy 9y agoIt is more in line with American foreign policy and their interior civil service (anti-extremism globally and pushing against the new right at home)
- cm2187 9y agoBlame the code, don't blame the programmer!