Why Did Google Erase Cooper's Beloved Literary Blog?
Article reminded me how much I use my Gmail account for, and what a colossal inconvenience it would be were it to be deleted. Just off the bat:<p>- E-mail<p>- Calendar<p>- Android account, and all purchased apps, games, etc.<p>- Drive storage (Somewhere around 1TB, although I don't even use 1/10th that)<p>- Google Keep note-taking app<p>- Blogspot blog<p>- Domain host<p>- Secondary phone number via Google Voice<p>- Two-factor authentication device<p>- Cloud music storage player via Google Play Music<p>It's really, really unsettling how entangled that singular account is with my everyday workflow.<p>I've begun trying to compile a list of how each of these components could be migrated to something self-controlled ala OwnCloud. Perhaps I'll make it into a website when I'm done.<p>I am not sure what would happen to any of the Android apps I had downloaded, however. Do we as consumers get any more legal redress if the account is attached to things we actually paid for?