[utf985]

So let's say you have an old YT account that you don't use anymore tied you your gmail account and there a few dozen family holiday videos you uploaded years ago to show friends (which was kinda the original purpose of YouTube) and completely forgot about. Does this mean that one day you might wake up with access to your gmail completely blocked off because an algorithm on YT decided that your channel is not profitable?

[IGotThroughIt]

I think they're considered to be isolated services. You can have a gmail account without having a youtube account.

[ralonso]

Not entirely true. Take the recent controversy around YouTuber Markiplier having users' accounts shut down (including both YouTube and Gmail) for spamming his YouTube livestream chatroom.[1]

I also did a quick search and it's been a while since both Gmail/Google accounts and YouTube accounts are tied to one another.[2][3]

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/markiplier-youtube-fans-heis...

[2] https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1692/how-do-i-un...

[3] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/69961?hl=en

[IGotThroughIt]

Wow. So not good.