[Gys]

Exactly the same thing happened to me while using Azure free tier. 2-3 y ago. It was a new account which i only used for a few days. Only to make a few test calls to their geo location api (i think). I needed that for a service that i was building. Then i got this same message. No idea why. I did get two phone calls to upgrade my account (!) but they could not explain why this happened, nor get more details. Very, very strange. I switched to Google and never looked back

[pc86]

There are dozens of stories of identical things happening to Google accounts so it's not as if they are any better.

[cerberusss]

Exactly. These giant companies should really only be used as interchangeable infrastructure. I have my own personal domain. At the moment, I use Google to handle my mail. If they no longer want me as a customer, I'll update my domain's MX records and move to another company.

[stefano]

What happens if your domain registrar bans you? Is it something they can do?

[cerberusss]

I guess they could, but the domain is mine and I could transfer it to another domain registrar. Some government organization could seize the domain, but that's not something I worry about.

[youseecomrade]

I would be even more worried about DNS/domain hijacking if the HN stories I hear are true. Not only technical issues but social engineering of the domain ownership.

Whatever you do (custom domain or not), you're always exposed.

[cerberusss]

Yeah but I don't really know what to do about that, except for using a domain provider with 2FA.

And of course you're always exposed, I'm not sure why you'd mention that. It's no reason to just give up and do nothing.

[CommanderData]

There's forums of people claiming there site/product/business was removed off of Google because it competed in some way with no redemption.

They are too small for anyone to give a mess about.