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I guess it means that if Google blocks your account due to a false positive on an unrelated service, you can no longer use you watch.

Grazester 6y ago
This is my biggest concern, not even the data. Google locks your account and your entire life is disrupted!
- miguelrochefort 6y ago
  I considered going to China, but decided against because of my reliance on Google services.
  - physicles 6y ago
    Really? For just that reason? I live and work full time in China and we use G Suite and Slack with a good VPN (there are some similar Chinese services but none are nearly as good). Sometimes I can’t watch a YouTube link if I’m away from home and the VPN isn’t working on 4G, but that’s as bad as it ever gets these days.
aboringusername 6y ago
Which is crazy to me...Google is... Your photo manager Your search engine Your document storage service Your health monitor Your contacts list Your video hosting facility Your calendar Your document editor Your location history Your music engine And I have no doubt I'm missing a load here, point being why the fuck has the EU not stepped in at this point and said "woah buddy, you're a tad too big to be this unregulated". The EU needs to enforce stricter regulation across all Google products, such as making it illegal to "ban" or lock out an account by means of an AI facility without human resolution within 6 hours or less (6 hours is a maximum, anything above incurs an hourly fine). These must be regulated like a public service, because the risk of losing access to an online account can be devastating. The onus, however, is on YOU to diversify, have redundant email addresses (forward+store a copy) so in the event one is RIP you are not boned entirely.
- miguelrochefort 6y ago
  Not to mention: Your password manager Your 2FA authenticator Your notes manager Your domain name provider Your cloud provider Your browser Your operating system Your smart home Your phone number Your mobile ISP Your analytics provider
  - TeMPOraL 6y ago
    And, should you post too many emojis in a YouTube comment, you'll lose access to all of these things.

Grazester 6y ago

This is my biggest concern, not even the data. Google locks your account and your entire life is disrupted!

miguelrochefort 6y ago
I considered going to China, but decided against because of my reliance on Google services.
- physicles 6y ago
  Really? For just that reason? I live and work full time in China and we use G Suite and Slack with a good VPN (there are some similar Chinese services but none are nearly as good). Sometimes I can’t watch a YouTube link if I’m away from home and the VPN isn’t working on 4G, but that’s as bad as it ever gets these days.

aboringusername 6y ago

Which is crazy to me...Google is... Your photo manager Your search engine Your document storage service Your health monitor Your contacts list Your video hosting facility Your calendar Your document editor Your location history Your music engine And I have no doubt I'm missing a load here, point being why the fuck has the EU not stepped in at this point and said "woah buddy, you're a tad too big to be this unregulated". The EU needs to enforce stricter regulation across all Google products, such as making it illegal to "ban" or lock out an account by means of an AI facility without human resolution within 6 hours or less (6 hours is a maximum, anything above incurs an hourly fine). These must be regulated like a public service, because the risk of losing access to an online account can be devastating. The onus, however, is on YOU to diversify, have redundant email addresses (forward+store a copy) so in the event one is RIP you are not boned entirely.

miguelrochefort 6y ago
Not to mention: Your password manager Your 2FA authenticator Your notes manager Your domain name provider Your cloud provider Your browser Your operating system Your smart home Your phone number Your mobile ISP Your analytics provider
- TeMPOraL 6y ago
  And, should you post too many emojis in a YouTube comment, you'll lose access to all of these things.