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>Genuinely, why should I care? What harm is likely to happen to my life by sticking with Google, a service provider I find convenient? Someone tries to access
by anonymousab 6y ago
>Genuinely, why should I care? What harm is likely to happen to my life by sticking with Google, a service provider I find convenient?
Someone tries to access your account from a random place, or maybe an old camera video you uploaded to youtube gets flagged erroneously by some contentid or appropriate content automation, and an automated system locks your account permanently, with you forever losing access to your emails and files. And not being allowed to use google services ever again without breaking ToS.
- bryan_w 6y agoWhy wouldn't you backup your data periodically? You would if you self hosted, it's the same for online services
- cube00 6y agoYou can backup your data but the big fear that caused me to move off was GMail. When Google drops the ban hammer on any of its services (eg. YouTube for using too many emojis) it does it at the Google account level which kills everything. Even worse I've also seen reports Google continues to accept new email and the sender has no knowledge that you're locked out and unable to respond.
- anonymousab 6y agoI'd wager that the vast majority of people don't, or certainly don't for emails.