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Doing business with Google is a liability. Even more so when you depend on their services for anything. It only takes a single bot on their end misclassifying y

Doing business with Google is a liability. Even more so when you depend on their services for anything. It only takes a single bot on their end misclassifying your account or your actions and, boom, you're banned, without being told why you were banned, and without any possibility of appeal. If Google's services were an essential part of your business, well, have fun going bankrupt I guess?

justinbaker84 4y ago
The problem is they have a near monopoly on search, a duopoly on video, a near monopoly on display etc. It is very difficult to advertise without them. Engineers have a lot of options when building. Any company that wants do advertise does not have such a wide range of options.
nico 4y ago
What would you recommend as an alternative to Workspaces (Gmail + Online Office Apps)?
- mdavidn 4y ago
  Office 365 is the only real alternative. FastMail is a good option for e-mail.
- mminer237 4y ago
  Collabora Online is a good alternative to Google Docs. FastMail is a good alternative to Gmail.
mellavora 4y ago
HN post from today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32236965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32236965 "Denmark bans gmail from public schools"... Having some fun with that: "Denmark bans gmail from public schools because of risk of being banned" or even "Google bans Denmark from gmail because a student posted an offensive comment on youtube"