My Google Workspace account suspension
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My Google Workspace account suspension
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Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#2Time since paying Google customers had to resort to social media outrage to obtain decent resolution: 0 days
Good luck to you
Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#3This should be illegal. Megacorps eat more and more of our life and regular people are increasingly at mercy of these hostile entities. They should be pushed more against. If we can't have proper anti monopoly splits like AT&T, then at least ways to prevent them exerting too much power are long due. If you provide an essential service, responsibility should match that.
Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#4This should be illegal. Megacorps eat more and more of our life and regular people are increasingly at mercy of these hostile entities. They should be pushed more against. If we can't have proper anti monopoly splits like AT&T, then at least ways to prevent them exerting too much power are long due. If you provide an essential service, responsibility should match that.
Excreting power. What an awesome mental image.
“Exerting” would be more correct I guess but less fun.
Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#5This should be illegal. Megacorps eat more and more of our life and regular people are increasingly at mercy of these hostile entities. They should be pushed more against. If we can't have proper anti monopoly splits like AT&T, then at least ways to prevent them exerting too much power are long due. If you provide an essential service, responsibility should match that.
Excreting power. What an awesome mental image. “Exerting” would be more correct I guess but less fun.
Funny because I have dyslexia and read excreting power as exerting power, and then had to read your "Exerting" underneath 4 times to understand the mistake. I guess it's the phonics, dyslexia is so weird tho, ha.
Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#6"Despite repeatedly explaining this, they ignored my assertions and continue to hold my email hostage."
Well, you have become the product here. That also happens by other "free" email providers too. I had this happen to me on inbox.lt; the guy demanded I use a smartphone to "prove" my identity. At that point I realised they want to connect this data to the account and sell it to others who are interested in that.
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Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#8Dealing with Google is a nightmare. I'm one of the volunteer sysadmins for https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/, a DIY and self-build forum. For 10 years it ranked very well on Google, particularly in the UK, and then on 28 December 2025 it disappeared from Google's index.
Nothing has helped, the Google forums are tumbleweed and there's no one to reach out to for what could be an algorithm change or something gone wrong. I'm a paying Workspace customer and it's made me think I need a backup plan in case I'm ever suspended. Reports like this don't encourage.
Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#9"Despite repeatedly explaining this, they ignored my assertions and continue to hold my email hostage." Well, you have become the product here. That also happens by other "free" email providers too. I had this happen to me on inbox.lt; the guy demanded I use a smartphone to "prove" my identity. At that point I realised they want to connect this data to the account and sell it to others who are interested in that.
Google Workspace isn't free, it is a paid for plan.
Re: My Google Workspace account suspension
#10"Despite repeatedly explaining this, they ignored my assertions and continue to hold my email hostage." Well, you have become the product here. That also happens by other "free" email providers too. I had this happen to me on inbox.lt; the guy demanded I use a smartphone to "prove" my identity. At that point I realised they want to connect this data to the account and sell it to others who are interested in that.
its $13 per month for a basic plan.