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I think the problem is where accounts control a large part of someone's digital life. so for example here, it appears that someone breached Youtube ToS and los

I think the problem is where accounts control a large part of someone's digital life. so for example here, it appears that someone breached Youtube ToS and lost their whole Google account. Now imagine you've got all your e-mail/photos/contacts etc in that account and you've just permanently lost them due to that ToS breach. Of course as technical people we can say "ahh you should have had off-cloud backups", but realistically most non-technical people won't do that and likely won't realise the consequences of their actions.

morganvachon 9y ago
"I think the problem is where accounts control a large part of someone's digital life. so for example here, it appears that someone breached Youtube ToS and lost their whole Google account." Exactly. I recall the incident[1] where some Google Pixel phone customers were reselling their phones and making a tiny profit. Google permanently deleted hundreds of accounts and never restored them, for violating a mobile phone TOS. Ban them from the Fi mobile service, sure, but don't delete their entire digital lives! That's like getting a life sentence for shoplifting in the physical world. All your eggs in one basket is never a good strategy, and though I wasn't personally affected by it, the Pixel Phone fiasco opened my eyes to just how much Google and Facebook controlled my own digital persona. I now use neither of their services. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/17/google-suspends-customer-accounts-for-reselling-pixel-phones https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/17/google-su...