I wanted to remove the profile picture on my account, but could not find such button anywhere in the account settings. So instead of removing, I replaced it with a blank white square. I thought I was clever.

Instead, I got a strike on my account.

IIRC it takes three strikes and you're out. But if a strike is handed out due to such a silly thing, I wonder what the next silly thing is going to be?

Clearly I cannot rely on such a platform, considering I would likely NEVER get my account back. From that point onwards, I've tried to reduce my dependency on Google accounts as much as possible.