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I see these stories from time to time, and I can't help but wonder if there's an opportunity for some kind of third-party support for Google. Like, if you were
by reidacdc 6y ago
I see these stories from time to time, and I can't help but wonder if there's an opportunity for some kind of third-party support for Google.
Like, if you were a former Googler or someone who'd been through their customer-support wringer, and you had some contacts, you could set yourself up as a consultant for small-scale Google account holders who run into this. Charge a fee for access to your higher-tier contacts, maybe even sell "Google insurance", a group of small devs could pool some money to pay for access to Google support when the hammer randomly falls on one of them.
This idea brought to you by my experience with various government bureaucracies, which are nominally publicly accessible, but, due to under-staffing and high demand for services, are more productively approached through the right kind of lawyer.
- hartator 6y agoThat will be great but that’s just corruption.
- xg15 6y ago> Charge a fee for access to your higher-tier contacts, maybe even sell "Google insurance" There are organisations that already work like this in many countries of the world. That's usually what we want to get away from.
- paultopia 6y agoApparently this exists for Amazon sellers already. See: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18140799/amazon-marketplace-scams-seller-court-appeal-reinstatement https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18140799/amazon-marketpl...