[wlesieutre]

That’s a real reason I don’t comment on YouTube or risk using any other Google services except Gmail and Voice.

God forbid I chargeback a purchase on Google Pay (or whatever their PayPal is this year) and trip some anti-fraud system that locks me out of my 20 year old email account. We all know their support is either automated or nonexistent, so it’s not worth the risk.

[NullPrefix]

Today it's commenting, tomorrow it might be watching a few bad videos

[RockRobotRock]

switch to Fastmail or literally anything else :)

[wlesieutre]

It's crossed my mind, but would require more effort than not commenting on YouTube or using Google Cash

[77pt77]

> locks me out of my 20 year old email account

And you effectively can't even run your own system, as has been discussed here many times.

[dewey]

But there‘s many providers that you pay actual money to (Like Fastmail) and if something goes wrong you, as a customer and not a potential ad target, are their top priority and you can call a human on the phone.

[jacob019]

Exactly, vote with your dollars. Email is important and worth paying a few bucks a month for solid service.

[paulmd]

Oddly enough, the EU isn’t racing to bust down the door of these “gatekeepers” and require third-party interoperability with this socially-critical service.

Pretty much just an apple thing as far as I can see.