what you have is not ownership. It is permission.
As much as I hate Google for what it does, why does this person mention this so much? Was that not already clear 10 years ago? Was this a surprise?
For many people, yes this is a surprise. Nothing is an issue or a big deal until it adversely affects them. Even when that exact scenario has happened and even been widely in the news before.
I mean just block the charge on your credit card job done
and yeah welcome to big tech
I had read doing a chargeback might trigger them to suspend all services, including free ones like email. I can’t exactly remember the context of those, but it might have been developer account related.
Can’t say I’m surprised to see this. Google do state that they can and will block access to all services associated with a violating account.
The fact that you only ever had permission to access Google services for as long as they permitted should not be a surprise to anyone. You don’t have rights to someone else’s private space, whether that be physical or digital - and promises from big tech aren’t worth the paper they’re signed on.
Always have a backup, because you’ll want something soft to land on if the rug ever gets pulled from under you.
Having said that, what doesn’t make sense - and would even be illegal in much of Europe - is that not only are they locked out of being able to cancel their subscriptions, but that they’re still active in the first place despite the account being permanently closed (rendering the paid for services inaccessible).
Now see here children, this is why you do not subscribe.
