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It has now been [0] days since the last [cloud service cancels my account and won't tell me why] article. We should all be working to minimize/eliminate our dependence on cloud service accounts that can simply disappear due to bad automation or at the whim of the service provider. How many articles like this need to be posted before we are all convinced?

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An unlimited amount because your advise does not scale.

Society has rapidly digitized. We now have billions of people using big tech account systems to access things. And the things are no longer toys, they represent things of real value.

We need legislation. It should be illegal to randomly deny service, to not disclose a reason, to not have a sane appeal process.

As opposed to keeping all of my data at home where it will be lost if stolen or there is a fire?

And individuals doing their own automation couldn’t make a mistake?

That being said, the only thing I really care about are my photos and videos and they are synced to

- iCloud

- Google Photos

- Microsoft OneDrive

- Amazon Photos (photos only not videos)

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