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What point is being advanced here? That it is ok, or at least inconsequential that Google can lock you out of services that you rely on? Or that we should be ha
by wbronitsky 7y ago
What point is being advanced here? That it is ok, or at least inconsequential that Google can lock you out of services that you rely on? Or that we should be happy because Google is "reasonable" here?
I have purchased a domain and used it to underpin a fastmail account; personally, I don't share in your line of reasoning and don't want to continue to trust Google.
- privateSFacct 7y agoThere are two points. 1) The statement that google deleted someones accounts because they used emoji's in a comment or comments is 100% a lie. Let's be crystal clear about this. 2) If you aren't paying you are not the customer - you are the product. Is this not obvious to folks? If you pee in google's pool they are going to kick you out. You don't make them much money (they make money on volume) and if you annoy lots of their other users and violate their written policies they have an economic incentive to eject you from their ecosystem. Every MINUTE they spend dealing with you is profit lost - so they are probably NOT going spend a lot of time dealing with you. If you want control - buy your own domain and point it to where you want to. Or pay someone for email. Or do both, I think those are all great ideas. But the lies about an emoji in a comment being the reason someone's account is banned are very annoying.