[dymk]

And now your Gmail account has been deleted as well as any other accounts you had with Google

[bmacho]

That's okay, you have backup of your data, and you don't really depend on your Gmail account for anything important.

[dymk]

I’ve probably got about a thousand accounts that use a Gmail account as the associated email / username. I doubt this is uncommon compared to the number of people with custom domains.

[account42]

The problem here wouldn't be the data but all the people whose only (or at least primary) way to reach you is the Gmail address.

[ryandrake]

So what? Why would you want to continue to use the services of a company you had to sue? That’s kind of a “burning the bridges” moment.

[dymk]

The whole problem is vendor lock in. Changing your email address if you’ve had it long is not straightforward or easy.