[radicality]

Was that a normal free account or paid? If it’s a free one, then I imagine all-bets-are-off and google can do whatever it wants?

I’m definitely not a huge fan from the privacy point of view and should degoogle at some point, but I’ve been using the google version with my own domain for ~13 years now (when it was free) and since a year ago have to pay for the Workplace edition, something like $10-15 a month.

What I understand is that at least if I’m paying for it, there’s a contractual agreement to not yolo-delete my account like in your example, and presumably there would be a way to reach some human in case of problems (unlike with free account).

[powerapple]

No, I didn't pay for my email. It is Google, so I was using it as main email account for 15+ years, and have used GDrive for some documents.

I have learned my lesson. I guess for free iCloud account, I am paying by using Apple products.