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by itsmequinn 5172 days ago
The complaint is so vague as to be meaningless. Let's give a specific instance in which google has acted unlawfully, not just that they deleted your account an you're pissed, which is what this sounds like.
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I've already said that this is NOT my petition. There are no issues with my Google accounts because I avoid all of their products except for Analytics. I don't use AdSense or AdWords because of the way they behave.

That they engage in questionable practices is probably without dispute. For specific instances, well, Google something like "google suspended my account" which returns some 12 million results. If you have the time, read through the first hundred or so and see if you agree with the general sentiment.

Also, on the being vague part. I read somewhere that the petitions severely limit the number of characters you can use(I think it is 500 or so). It might be difficult to create a really detailed petition under those conditions. I don't know if they allow links or not.

>> That they engage in questionable practices is probably without dispute. For specific instances, well, Google something like "google suspended my account" which returns some 12 million results. If you have the time, read through the first hundred or so and see if you agree with the general sentiment.

I think that's far fetched. Of course you can argue that Google engages in questionable practices, but account suspension are nothing of that sort. First of all, most of the stories you will find are from the perspective of the user, which isn't entirely fair. And secondly, although I'm not saying they can do what they want with your account, if you violated their terms in any way, they have that possibility. That's not an unfair or otherwise questionable practice.