[bsder]

> What happens if one of the big tech companies makes a mistake and closes your account? LinkedIn is pretty important nowadays when searching for work. Would you be able to make a new account? If not, that seems like a pretty big deal.

You are screwed, and it is a big deal.

However, until some ambulance chaser manages to corral the affected people into a class action lawsuit and win, there will be no change.

> Same concern with your email

This one is straightforward--have your own domain. Download everything such that you can change provider if they stomp you.

[AStonesThrow]

What if your domain registrar is the one to cut you off? What if AWS or some cloud provider kills your self-hosted VPS? What if your ISP or mobile phone provider does it?

So many fragile layers to our indispensable digital lives; we all walk on eggshells. I'm paranoid about backups and redundancy, but I'd be devastated by a single lockout.

[elashri]

> What if your domain registrar is the one to cut you off

Compared with your chances with getting back google account (unless you know someone inside and still not guarantee it will work) you have many actions that you can take. Talk to your registrar support and try to work things out and even ask for transfer. If they don't respond or don't help you then you can complain with ICAAN and even take them to court.

[BlueTemplar]

What's a VPS, and if it's self-hosted, where does the reliance on cloud providers comes in ??

ISPs (and maybe cellular providers ?) cannot cut you off without reason or advance notice, or they will the ones facing legal consequences...

[bsder]

> What if your domain registrar is the one to cut you off?

Then you're fucked. What do you want me to say?

That having been said, domain registrars seem to be FAR less likely to do an automated AI rugpull than hosted services from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc.

[gertop]

If you use your country's ccTLD you also have recourses against your registrar (if you live in a nice enough country and assuming you just broke some ToS and not committed a crime).

[n_plus_1_acc]

Some Britains lost their .eu domain because they no longer fulfilled the requirements.

[baq]

That’s… not completely unexpected, right?

[lazide]

Everyone has wants, nobody likes consequences.