The real issue here is that (reportedly) the people who spammed got their GMail accounts shut down.
That's outrageous.
That's your real-life, not just your online-life. Your GMail account isn't even related at all to your YouTube identity.
Remember: if you aren't _at least_ paying for your e-mail service you don't own your own mailbox. When was the last time you made a backup of your GMail account? What contingency plan do you have in-place if Google ever accidentally, unintentionally, or in this case, intentionally, shuts it down?
(Disclaimer: I pay $20/mo for an Office 365 E3 account for my personal mailbox)
That's outrageous.
That's your real-life, not just your online-life. Your GMail account isn't even related at all to your YouTube identity.
Remember: if you aren't _at least_ paying for your e-mail service you don't own your own mailbox. When was the last time you made a backup of your GMail account? What contingency plan do you have in-place if Google ever accidentally, unintentionally, or in this case, intentionally, shuts it down?
(Disclaimer: I pay $20/mo for an Office 365 E3 account for my personal mailbox)