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That’s a real reason I don’t comment on YouTube or risk using any other Google services except Gmail and Voice. God forbid I chargeback a purchase on Google Pa
by wlesieutre 3y ago
That’s a real reason I don’t comment on YouTube or risk using any other Google services except Gmail and Voice.
God forbid I chargeback a purchase on Google Pay (or whatever their PayPal is this year) and trip some anti-fraud system that locks me out of my 20 year old email account. We all know their support is either automated or nonexistent, so it’s not worth the risk.
- NullPrefix 3y agoToday it's commenting, tomorrow it might be watching a few bad videos
- 77pt77 3y ago> locks me out of my 20 year old email account And you effectively can't even run your own system, as has been discussed here many times.
- dewey 3y agoBut there‘s many providers that you pay actual money to (Like Fastmail) and if something goes wrong you, as a customer and not a potential ad target, are their top priority and you can call a human on the phone.
- jacob019 3y agoExactly, vote with your dollars. Email is important and worth paying a few bucks a month for solid service.
- paulmd 3y agoOddly enough, the EU isn’t racing to bust down the door of these “gatekeepers” and require third-party interoperability with this socially-critical service. Pretty much just an apple thing as far as I can see.
- RockRobotRock 3y agoswitch to Fastmail or literally anything else :)
- wlesieutre 3y agoIt's crossed my mind, but would require more effort than not commenting on YouTube or using Google Cash