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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by jabroni_salad on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:12AM (#24968912)
You can export a lot of your content at takeout.google.com. Debundling these into other services is the main challenge, you have to shop around.

If nothing else you should set up your own email address, even if it is just a simple forward to your gmail. Google blocking access to your mailbox would be pretty bad, having control of your MX record gives you an out.

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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by surajrmal on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:16AM (#24969682)
It might be useful to note that in the event that google does ban your account, you can still use the takeout service to retrieve your data.
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Re:Google users locked out after 15 years' use by anonymousab on Monday November 02, 2020 @01:09PM (#24971077)
You can lose access to takeout as well. Some users retain access, but for some of them, takeout will mysteriously never complete.
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