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Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by scrollaway on Sunday May 03, 2020 @04:46PM (#23061722)
Aside from Google One, there is also GSuite: https://gsuite.google.com/

I pay for a personal google account there. It gives me the peace of mind everyone's talking about. And I get customer support when I need it.

Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by dan-robertson on Sunday May 03, 2020 @06:01PM (#23062210)
Have you ever used that support?
Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by markdown on Sunday May 03, 2020 @06:40PM (#23062480)
I have. Multiple times, both for my personal account as well as the accounts of clients that I manage. In fact I just used support yesterday (a Sunday in Fiji, the weekend everywhere) to help migrate a client from Google to a local Google Reseller (so they could get invoiced in the local currency).

My total monthly spend with Google (between myself and my clients) is relatively tiny (under $100 USD).

In my experience, the support has always been stellar. Starts with chat (which I prefer), but if that isn't enough to resolve the issue, it gets escalated to a higher level and an offer for them to call me.

I live in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by scrollaway on Sunday May 03, 2020 @06:49PM (#23062534)
> In fact I just used support yesterday (a Sunday in Fiji, the weekend everywhere) to help migrate a client from Google to a local Google Reseller (so they could get invoiced in the local currency).

Haha, I last used it for the same reason :) What a dumb system that is…

But overall I've had success with GSuite support yes. I mean, I've not often needed it, but part of it is knowing that it is there in case my account does get fucked with. Huge reassurance.

Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by minton on Sunday May 03, 2020 @07:59PM (#23062923)
There are drawbacks to G Suite not being considered a personal account. For example, you can’t use a G Suite account with Google’s Nest.
Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by scrollaway on Sunday May 03, 2020 @08:07PM (#23062979)
I admittedly don't have a Nest, but I've encountered extremely few limitations in my day-to-day usage of GSuite as my sole google account. The only one I can think of from the top of my head is, asking "ok google, when is my next meeting" gives me an error about gsuite not being supported (yet).
Re:What would you do if you lost your Google account? by bluesilver07 on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:25AM (#23068423)
- No Google Play reviews - No Google One (can't share storage with family) - No Google Drive->Photos sync (They have completely removed this feature now) - A few other limitations I can't remember. I switched to a regular Google account now.