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This is the exact scenario I described one month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195943
>Way too risky to use Google services like this tied to your primary account. Google has no problem correlating your accounts unless you know what you're doing and are ready to switch to the cypherpunk mode.
Is this an AI post? The last few times something mind-blowing was shared from Reddit, it was later found to be fake.
God, this is a real nightmare. I'm pretty reticent to rush to regulation, but I really don't know what other solution is even possible here. The average person cannot realistically exist in a digital vacuum, self-hosting their entire online world. Google should not be able to do this to them. No one should have to rely on trying to whip up public mobs on Reddit or HN to get Google to give them access to their own fre…
This alone is enough to see that regulation is what is needed. It's completely crooked that the average person is forced to maintain good standing with a single particular NASDAQ corporation to participate in society. Those here who might think "it's very possible to do so without Google" are not the average person, living in an average place in an average bubble.
The solution is breaking up Google.
This remains the case even if this particular story is exaggerated.
> All my emails, all my documents saved in Google Drive. I would think someone whose business depends on gmail would use an email client, at least periodically, to download their emails.
God, this is a real nightmare. I'm pretty reticent to rush to regulation, but I really don't know what other solution is even possible here. The average person cannot realistically exist in a digital vacuum, self-hosting their entire online world. Google should not be able to do this to them. No one should have to rely on trying to whip up public mobs on Reddit or HN to get Google to give them access to their own fre…
Before rushing to assume regulation is necessary, we should question if this story is real at all. It has a lot of signs of being a creative writing exercise like the conflicting details about all of their accounts being banned, including recovery emails, but then later they received an email explaining the reason for the ban. How did they receive that email?
This is the exact scenario I described one month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195943
Where the hell is the open source app that downloads all your google stuff? There is a huge opportunity to be a hero.
Why do you need an app? https://takeout.google.com/
I'm probably at 20 attempts and everyone single one has failed...
If I ever become a life coach for small business owners, I don't know how I can recommend GSuite. Horror stories of "I've lost everything I had with them" are so plentiful I've stopped saving them. Seems like even Microsoft is not as bad.
What would Microsoft do in such a case? Unlikely to be any different.
The solution is to use a true business-oriented provider and not an ad agency for one's file and email hosting.