Ask HN: How worried should I be about Google randomly suspending my accounts?
So I have a lot of Google accounts that I use for different reasons that are tied to many of my other non-Google online accounts—I’ve made a good effort of switching some of my important online accounts to more reliable email services ever since I learned that Google has a tendency to randomly shut out people from accessing their business, or personal accounts.
Problem is I don’t know how widespread all of this is, but I do know that once an account is suspended or banned that it’s a fools errand to try to get it back unless you personally know a Googler or post it about here or on Twitter and hope that someone who can help you is going to read and respond.
If I start a full on revolt on Google and switch entirely to different services, it’s going to take absolutely forever so I just want to know if this is a decision worth making or am I being paranoid for no good reason?
Problem is I don’t know how widespread all of this is, but I do know that once an account is suspended or banned that it’s a fools errand to try to get it back unless you personally know a Googler or post it about here or on Twitter and hope that someone who can help you is going to read and respond.
If I start a full on revolt on Google and switch entirely to different services, it’s going to take absolutely forever so I just want to know if this is a decision worth making or am I being paranoid for no good reason?