Whelp, here we go again

  • wim@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Moral of the story: create separate account for YouTube that has no high value services or data on it.

    • Chahk@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I’ve seen enough horror stories to know that’s not going to help. They can, and do, associate multiple accounts to same users. Be it by cookies, IP addresses, or dark magic, the end result is the same - they can upend your entire digital life if they want to. r/degoogle better hurry up and migrate to Lemmy.

    • rho50@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      I’d argue the bigger moral is that you should always own your online identity. You should buy your own domain (@yourname.xyz or something like that) and make your email on that. So if Google bans you, you just switch email providers and keep your address.

      • wim@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        I’ve been using @fixnum.org and since a few years the alias @wim.land to do exactly this, but that’s just email.

        My app purchases, photo storage, and YouTube account are all entangled in this. I could decouple from Google, but it would be very painful.

    • CleoTheWizard@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Moral of the story is: if you’re like me and still use a main account for youtube, transition away from that account starting today. Change your business emails slowly to another service.