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Google will work out that the accounts are operated by the same person and forcibly link them together. They may then decide that you are abusively trying to ev

Google will work out that the accounts are operated by the same person and forcibly link them together. They may then decide that you are abusively trying to evade their restrictions and permanently ban all of your accounts.

mehrdadn 8y ago
Wait really? Any links on this? I don't recall hearing of this happening.
- dkersten 8y ago
  My accounts were created separately in the early days of YouTube and they got linked against my will. It doesn’t show up as my gmail account in YouTube because I kept rejecting their “please merge” requests, but besides the display name, they’re essentially merged and I have to log in with my gmail account. I don’t use my gmail for anything else anymore so I don’t care, but it was frustrating back when it happened. I know it’s just anecdotal and not a proper reference like you requested..
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Oh, but you're talking about a pre-Google YouTube account being merged with a Google account, not two Google accounts being linked, right? Those are pretty different things.
    - dkersten 8y ago
      Yeah
golem14 8y ago
That's complete nonsense. Have any hard evidence to share?
- oarsinsync 8y ago
  There was a post on here (HN) a while ago about an entire company account getting suspended because Google had linked an employee of that company to his personal google account which was being used to re-sign Android apps for redistribution. It’s an extreme example, but if that account is true, google definitely have automated tooling to link distinct accounts. I can’t actually imagine any reason why they wouldn’t. It feels like something they’d need at their scale.
  - mdrzn 8y ago
    I actually have a few gmail accounts that are "Youtube banned" for same content ID thing but the mail/drive/whatever part of it still works. So the "Google account wide" ban seems pretty rare and more motivated than just 3 copyright strikes.
    - mehrdadn 8y ago
      Thanks for this data point!
  - golem14 8y ago
    That's nonsense. They have banned the entire org in this case, not linked accounts that weren't before.

mehrdadn 8y ago

Wait really? Any links on this? I don't recall hearing of this happening.

dkersten 8y ago
My accounts were created separately in the early days of YouTube and they got linked against my will. It doesn’t show up as my gmail account in YouTube because I kept rejecting their “please merge” requests, but besides the display name, they’re essentially merged and I have to log in with my gmail account. I don’t use my gmail for anything else anymore so I don’t care, but it was frustrating back when it happened. I know it’s just anecdotal and not a proper reference like you requested..
- mehrdadn 8y ago
  Oh, but you're talking about a pre-Google YouTube account being merged with a Google account, not two Google accounts being linked, right? Those are pretty different things.
  - dkersten 8y ago
    Yeah

golem14 8y ago

That's complete nonsense. Have any hard evidence to share?

oarsinsync 8y ago
There was a post on here (HN) a while ago about an entire company account getting suspended because Google had linked an employee of that company to his personal google account which was being used to re-sign Android apps for redistribution. It’s an extreme example, but if that account is true, google definitely have automated tooling to link distinct accounts. I can’t actually imagine any reason why they wouldn’t. It feels like something they’d need at their scale.
- mdrzn 8y ago
  I actually have a few gmail accounts that are "Youtube banned" for same content ID thing but the mail/drive/whatever part of it still works. So the "Google account wide" ban seems pretty rare and more motivated than just 3 copyright strikes.
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Thanks for this data point!
- golem14 8y ago
  That's nonsense. They have banned the entire org in this case, not linked accounts that weren't before.