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What will you do if Google decides you’ve broken some terms of service and you lose access to gmail and all other Google resources? You are giving them the powe
by TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
What will you do if Google decides you’ve broken some terms of service and you lose access to gmail and all other Google resources? You are giving them the power to disable access to non-Google websites. And you’re ok with that?
HN is littered with people who’ve experienced Google bans. An article hits the front page about it seemingly monthly (and those are only the ones that get publicized). It happens again and again. You have no recourse. There is no one to call. There is never an explanation.
I’m not here to convince you. To each his own. If you dont care about the privacy leaks, then surely you can overlook the risk of losing access to your non-Google accounts whenever Google decides.
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- Arainach 4y agoThen I create an account with my new email. Sure, for the few sites I care deeply about a long history with, a unique account might be worth it. Those sites are few and far between. My password manager has more than 500 entries. A huge majority are sites I used once and never again. I don't want an account there but was probably required to create one to check out. If Google deleted them they'd be doing me a favor. Google knows I went to those sites anyway since I probably found them through search results.
- hardware2win 4y ago>You are giving them the power to disable access to non-Google websites. And you’re ok with that? I dont care. The only services important for me are: bank, email and hosting. Losing my gh would suck but it is not serious The rest of services I treat as "nice to have" My accounts on them are irrelevant for me. Losing account on random forum, random game, some streaming platform wouldnt change my life. I would just create a new one. It would suck, but thats not important