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I understand where this mindset comes from, but I think it (unfortunately) stems from YouTube originally being its own service and now being "part of Google" an
by drusepth 7y ago
I understand where this mindset comes from, but I think it (unfortunately) stems from YouTube originally being its own service and now being "part of Google" and sharing a single account now. I'm not sure if it's up to Google to remind users this is the case, but it'd certainly be helpful.
If you Do Something Bad in Facebook Marketplace, I'd expect the entire Facebook account to be banned -- not just restricting access to where Bad Thing happened (FB Marketplace). Or, if you broke T&C on Amazon's marketplace, I'd expect your AWS account to be banned also. If you cheat in one game sold through Steam, your entire Steam account gets banned/penalized, not just your access to that one game.
I can kind of understand why people think Google's services are different, but I'm not sure why that continues to be the case over time as we move further and further away from back when YouTube had its own accounts.
- m-p-3 7y ago> If you cheat in one game sold through Steam, your entire Steam account gets banned/penalized, not just your access to that one game. Actually it depends on the anticheat system used by the game. Anything from Valve will use VAC, and cheating in a game using it will ban you from all games using it. Other games uses EAC, others BattlEye, etc. You won't get banned from all multiplayer games that you own.