https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22294159 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2033474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17745761
You can dig through the rest: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=lost%20access%20to%20gmail
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30401241
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30345201
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29428922
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26061935
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23183821
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22294159
I don't have a google account tied to my android-based phone.
The only drawback I'm aware of is that playstore doesn't work. So I download the apks directly and install that way, for things I can't install via one of the alternate app stores.