Google users locked out after 15 years' use
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Google users locked out after 15 years' use
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Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#2At what point does it make sense to take this to court?
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#3Tip: Get your own domain from a non-google registrar, then connect to Gmail if you prefer. If you ever are locked out, you can just move the address to another email-provider.
Another trick is to use always have forwarding enabled in Gmail, to Outlook.com or another provider. All email will be forwarded despite your account being locked, so you will not miss out on important info.
And use Google Takeout for backing up your data, at least once a year.
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#4At what point does it make sense to take this to court?
When you have a trillion dollars stashed away. Then you wouldn't care about lawyer costs. That's the main reason big corps get away with doing what they are doing.
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#5Pro-tip
Only use Google SSO for things you don't care about.
While in would be a pain if I lost my google account, I can still access Twitter, Discord, GitHub, Bitbucket, stack overflow etc as they aren't bound to Google.
My emails/hangouts chats however would be lost unless I took a backup (I haven't but I might one day when I decide to go ad-free)
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#6It’s long past time that Google, Twitter, Facebook etc were legally declared to be public utilities and regulated as such.
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#7Being locked out from google account is one of my biggest fears in practical computer usage. Over the years I can't even tell how much I'm sunk into using tiny pieces of google's services, even though for most crucial things I tend to omit google and look for alternatives that are easier to handle in problematic situation.
Mail is one of the things I'm most worried about.
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#8Tip: Get your own domain from a non-google registrar, then connect to Gmail if you prefer. If you ever are locked out, you can just move the address to another email-provider. Another trick is to use always have forwarding enabled in Gmail, to Outlook.com or another provider. All email will be forwarded despite your account being locked, so you will not miss out on important info. And use Google Takeout for backing u…
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Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#9At what point does it make sense to take this to court?
You signed a binding arbitration agreement, didn’t you?
Re: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
#10At what point does it make sense to take this to court?
When you have millions of dollars or millions of users to back you up.