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If Google bans my personal account I lose access to Google Play, Translate, some useless files on Google Drive and abandoned projects on Google Cloud and maybe

If Google bans my personal account I lose access to Google Play, Translate, some useless files on Google Drive and abandoned projects on Google Cloud and maybe nothing else. I won't be able to backup WhatsApp and move it to another phone, this is annoying. No Google Play means no updates for the banking apps so I'll be unable to log into my banks soon (they do 2FA with their app.) This is huge. Of course most Android users are more invested in the ecosystem than I am. I'm not sure I can create another account with the same phone number. I'm not going to buy an iPhone or an iPad so I'm not sure what I'll be going to do. Change number? BTW not Linux phones, too many apps I need are not working there (especially banks.)

scarface74 5y ago
Don’t use Android? 60% of mobile users in the US in fact don’t.
- eternityforest 5y ago
  The only other major smartphone is iOS, Not all that interested in spending $400 minimum on a phone(Or take my chances with something used), for something I can't develop for without paying even more money, that only allows WebKit based browsers, and doesn't use USB-C.
  - scarface74 5y ago
    $99 a year to release an app is going to break the bank?
    - eternityforest 5y ago
      For someone who is not a professional app developer it can. That's insanely expensive for a FOSS side project, if you're in embedded and controls and don't do any pro apps.
      - scarface74 5y ago
        But that “not a professional app developer” has to be able to afford a decent computer to run one of the god awful Java IDEs, the resource intensive Android emulators, a phone, internet access etc. If it’s an open source project that’s not going to be on the App Store, you can get XCode for free to run an app on your own device and give others the source code.
        pmontra 5y ago
        You also have to buy a Mac. The Windows or Linux computer you already have won't run XCode. That's way more than 99 dollars.
        eternityforest 5y ago
        Nobody except other maybe devs will even consider that much trouble. Especially when compiling something yourself is not really more secure than downloading a binary(Unless you literally read the entire source code first). Almost any modern app will run fine on an i5, 16GB or so GB of RAM, and an SSD. Nowhere near macbook costs. You need something of about that tier for any pro development with any kind of modern tools, and there are iPhones out there that cost more than a decent laptop. Plus, software resource demands seem to have leveled off. A Linux laptop is quite possibly going to be perfectly good for like 12 years.
        scarface74 5y ago
        Yes and there are also iPhones that cost $399… Again, if you can afford a developer setup, $99/year is not a showstopper.
        eternityforest 5y ago
        $399 is still about 2x the cost of my phone, and a little under 1/2 the price of a laptop. Not every developer works for FAANG . Some jobs rely heavily on in person work. And not everyone can drive. If you're making effectively minimum wage, $99 is a big deal. Especially when Apple doesn't really seem to offer that much of anything aside from privacy(and mdns support) Android is great now, and iOS is way too locked down.

scarface74 5y ago

Don’t use Android? 60% of mobile users in the US in fact don’t.

eternityforest 5y ago
The only other major smartphone is iOS, Not all that interested in spending $400 minimum on a phone(Or take my chances with something used), for something I can't develop for without paying even more money, that only allows WebKit based browsers, and doesn't use USB-C.
- scarface74 5y ago
  $99 a year to release an app is going to break the bank?
  - eternityforest 5y ago
    For someone who is not a professional app developer it can. That's insanely expensive for a FOSS side project, if you're in embedded and controls and don't do any pro apps.
    - scarface74 5y ago
      But that “not a professional app developer” has to be able to afford a decent computer to run one of the god awful Java IDEs, the resource intensive Android emulators, a phone, internet access etc. If it’s an open source project that’s not going to be on the App Store, you can get XCode for free to run an app on your own device and give others the source code.
      - pmontra 5y ago
        You also have to buy a Mac. The Windows or Linux computer you already have won't run XCode. That's way more than 99 dollars.
      - eternityforest 5y ago
        Nobody except other maybe devs will even consider that much trouble. Especially when compiling something yourself is not really more secure than downloading a binary(Unless you literally read the entire source code first). Almost any modern app will run fine on an i5, 16GB or so GB of RAM, and an SSD. Nowhere near macbook costs. You need something of about that tier for any pro development with any kind of modern tools, and there are iPhones out there that cost more than a decent laptop. Plus, software resource demands seem to have leveled off. A Linux laptop is quite possibly going to be perfectly good for like 12 years.
        scarface74 5y ago
        Yes and there are also iPhones that cost $399… Again, if you can afford a developer setup, $99/year is not a showstopper.
        eternityforest 5y ago
        $399 is still about 2x the cost of my phone, and a little under 1/2 the price of a laptop. Not every developer works for FAANG . Some jobs rely heavily on in person work. And not everyone can drive. If you're making effectively minimum wage, $99 is a big deal. Especially when Apple doesn't really seem to offer that much of anything aside from privacy(and mdns support) Android is great now, and iOS is way too locked down.