I got permanently locked out of my newish Gmail account because I started using mutt as my email client.

• using your google account on too many different "machines" i.e. you distro hop or reinstall your os or use a different browser or use a vpn.

• being unable to verify your account because the only method to do so is on a phone that is broken.

• using an voip number to verify your account

Youtube told me it would ban me if I kept using an adblocker. So I deleted all my google cookies, used the adblocker to block the popup that whines about adblockers and use the PocketTube browser extension to keep track of all my subscriptions.

Because fuck 'em, that's why.

• Developing an Android app that doesn't pass review

I copied this from my post in the Degoogle Canada community

Examples of Google shutting down accounts on a whim:

https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/dad-took-photos-of-his-son-for-the-doctor-google-flagged-him-as-a-criminal-article-93725588

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-users-locked-out-after-years-2020-10

This one may be justified, even the owner of the account isn’t sure https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-09-19/google-closed-my-account-over-sexual-content-but-theyre-not-telling-me-what-it-is-and-ive-lost-everything.html

The play store is unsafe - https://thehackernews.com/2022/07/over-dozen-android-apps-on-google-play.html?m=1

Try putting "starting a Union" pdfs into a google drive. No really, try it.

Making fun of 9/11.

i've been trying to de-google myself for almost a decade now because; them blocking me would be doing me a favor as it would force me to give up those things that have me stuck in their ecosystem