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Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
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Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#142Four months ago a friend of mine had his Google account suspended with a vague message about a terms of service violation. He escalated and appealed it with my help. It was no use. He lost everything. Files. Photos. Email. Calendar. Even his business domain registrations. He was paying for Google services like YouTube and storage. He couldn’t even get a download of his data. This is why I never used Google Cloud. I’v…
I don't understand why they don't at least allow Google Takeout for banned accounts. They've already done all the hard work of implementing it!
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#143I'd extend this even further: never use a single account for more than one purpose. Create a separate account at the same company for the other purpose. Some examples: - Every product/project you manage should be on a separate account on Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. - Nothing tied to your consumer accounts should be used for anything business related. - Your Amazon shopping account and your AWS account should defin…
I'd called it 'account sandboxing'.
I wonder if there is a business model for this.
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#144I'd extend this even further: never use a single account for more than one purpose. Create a separate account at the same company for the other purpose. Some examples: - Every product/project you manage should be on a separate account on Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. - Nothing tied to your consumer accounts should be used for anything business related. - Your Amazon shopping account and your AWS account should defin…
This is what makes the forced Facebook login for the newer Oculus VR devices so problematic. You can't create a second Facebook account just for VR.
If you get banned on Facebook, you lose access to your paid Oculus store apps on your VR glasses.
Of course, granting Facebook access to the extremely private tracking data that you can gather during use of VR is another terrible idea.
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#145Four months ago a friend of mine had his Google account suspended with a vague message about a terms of service violation. He escalated and appealed it with my help. It was no use. He lost everything. Files. Photos. Email. Calendar. Even his business domain registrations. He was paying for Google services like YouTube and storage. He couldn’t even get a download of his data. This is why I never used Google Cloud. I’v…
I don't understand why they don't at least allow Google Takeout for banned accounts. They've already done all the hard work of implementing it!
Seriously!
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#146Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#147I find it strange that it's so normalised to consider something as invasive and manipulative as advertising as the standard method of monetisation. How about trying to make a product so good that it has some intrinsic value that a user wants to pay for?
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#148I'd extend this even further: never use a single account for more than one purpose. Create a separate account at the same company for the other purpose. Some examples: - Every product/project you manage should be on a separate account on Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. - Nothing tied to your consumer accounts should be used for anything business related. - Your Amazon shopping account and your AWS account should defin…
> I'd extend this even further: never use a single account for more than one purpose. Create a separate account at the same company for the other purpose. This should really go without saying. I’m sometimes shocked at the extent to which it has become normalized to mix up one’s personal accounts with work. I can’t count the number of times a colleague accidentally sent me an email using their personal account, or tex…
> Don’t even get me started on how entrenched “Sign In With [Company]” schemes have gained traction.
Absolutely!
My advice is to never, ever, use these links to sign in with a different company. It is a sure fire way to lose completely unrelated accounts just because ML went crazy somewhere and banned you.
(Also, on the advice front, always run your own domain for email. You need to be able to transfer it elsewhere when gmail blocks you, if you're using gmail.)
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#149If there's a good alternative never use Google anything. The sole fact that there is no appeal system to account shutdowns and the way they just kill services at random should be enough reason for anyone.
Stories like this always scare me because they remind me that all of my domain names are on Google domains, including the one I use for my work email address. I gotta migrate out one of these days.
Do it today, not “one of these days.”
Re: Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads
#150Four months ago a friend of mine had his Google account suspended with a vague message about a terms of service violation. He escalated and appealed it with my help. It was no use. He lost everything. Files. Photos. Email. Calendar. Even his business domain registrations. He was paying for Google services like YouTube and storage. He couldn’t even get a download of his data. This is why I never used Google Cloud. I’v…
If he is in Europe he can probably force Google to allow him to download his data under GDPR