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Re:Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clic... by rexf on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:41AM (#26965668)
It seems like a risk with Google too. It's common to be logged into Google/Gmail with multiple Google accounts. Even with separate Google accounts, Google can tell they are related and could potentially ban them too.

A quick web search came up with Google's "associated account ban":

> "Associated account ban" means not just explicit account linkages, but also implicit ones, where a wife can be banned for the misbehavior of her husband

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/ckoej1/googles_...

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Re:Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clic... by malka on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @05:23AM (#26967424)
It is funny how Google behaves like the worst dictatorship on the planet. Guilt by association is such a bunch of crap.
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Re:Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clic... by pudmaidai on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @05:36AM (#26967512)
I just can’t wait for my personal Google accounts as well as several others business accounts I access regularly to suddenly be blocked all at once.
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