The whole "Please verify information only available to you when you login to re-enable your login" is such a malicious pattern I've run into google in a ton of different services. Other companies do similar, but it's just such a blatant fuck you I find it hard to believe someone seriously sat down and thought it was a good idea. I had it once where a service I was using for google got mysteriously suspended, but that…
Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
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Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#22The whole "Please verify information only available to you when you login to re-enable your login" is such a malicious pattern I've run into google in a ton of different services. Other companies do similar, but it's just such a blatant fuck you I find it hard to believe someone seriously sat down and thought it was a good idea. I had it once where a service I was using for google got mysteriously suspended, but that…
eBay/Paypal were one of the worst when they were merged. It was so bad I wound up having a new account every 6 months or so. I learned that when they started asking for personal details your chances of being reinstated were nearly zero. The lesson was I had an acct suspended, and they asked for DL, then birth certificate, then a lease, then a power bill, then a phone bill, every time I gave them the document they ask…
Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#23The whole "Please verify information only available to you when you login to re-enable your login" is such a malicious pattern I've run into google in a ton of different services. Other companies do similar, but it's just such a blatant fuck you I find it hard to believe someone seriously sat down and thought it was a good idea. I had it once where a service I was using for google got mysteriously suspended, but that…
eBay/Paypal were one of the worst when they were merged. It was so bad I wound up having a new account every 6 months or so. I learned that when they started asking for personal details your chances of being reinstated were nearly zero. The lesson was I had an acct suspended, and they asked for DL, then birth certificate, then a lease, then a power bill, then a phone bill, every time I gave them the document they ask…
Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#24Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn't their business model largely centered around the concept of scaling up business without scaling up staff proportionately? A big part of their innovation was getting people to tolerate nonexistent/automated customer service.
Customer service would not have to be a cost center for large clouds. I think many people would be glad to have an option to pay $100 to speak to a real person.
Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#26Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#27The whole "Please verify information only available to you when you login to re-enable your login" is such a malicious pattern I've run into google in a ton of different services. Other companies do similar, but it's just such a blatant fuck you I find it hard to believe someone seriously sat down and thought it was a good idea. I had it once where a service I was using for google got mysteriously suspended, but that…
eBay/Paypal were one of the worst when they were merged. It was so bad I wound up having a new account every 6 months or so. I learned that when they started asking for personal details your chances of being reinstated were nearly zero. The lesson was I had an acct suspended, and they asked for DL, then birth certificate, then a lease, then a power bill, then a phone bill, every time I gave them the document they ask…
Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
eBay/Paypal were one of the worst when they were merged. It was so bad I wound up having a new account every 6 months or so. I learned that when they started asking for personal details your chances of being reinstated were nearly zero. The lesson was I had an acct suspended, and they asked for DL, then birth certificate, then a lease, then a power bill, then a phone bill, every time I gave them the document they ask…
This happened to me in college. They never refunded my $7k balance. It was devastating to me at the time. The experience has played no small role in me becoming a cryptocurrency believer and advocate for the unbanked.
Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#29My takeaway from stuff like this is don't use the big clouds unless you're big enough to get proper customer service. It's too risky. Especially when you can get false flagged by AI or some heuristic.
He didn't want to (and didn't use for core functionality) - this was a an integration specifically to help customers who already used GCP.
Re: Google Cloud suspended customer's account 3 times, for 3 different reasons
#30The whole "Please verify information only available to you when you login to re-enable your login" is such a malicious pattern I've run into google in a ton of different services. Other companies do similar, but it's just such a blatant fuck you I find it hard to believe someone seriously sat down and thought it was a good idea. I had it once where a service I was using for google got mysteriously suspended, but that…