Yeah, actually that's what I do. I pay for important services and choose companys where that actually respond to you. Email, calendar, etc I pay fastmail, for example. But really you can't avoid having to trust someone/thing.
As much as possible though I don't use services at all for important things. My photos for example are not in the cloud. And I have backups where that is not possible. Do I have a Google account? Yes I have many. What would happen if Google locked me out of one? Nothing I'd move on because I don't care.
You can't eliminate the risk but you can do things to limit it, and that starts with recognising Google/apple/Microsoft don't give a shit about you or your data. And you are not worth their time if their systems flag your stuff for deletion.
I wonder if there's some hack here where you set yourself up as a parent account for a non-existent child so your account can't be childed.
Let this be a warning of using a Google account for anything important full stop. Same for Microsoft, Apple, or any of the big tech companies.
So, what is your proposed alternative? Roll your own everything? Put your trust in a dozen small companies with no reputation?
Yeah, actually that's what I do. I pay for important services and choose companys where that actually respond to you. Email, calendar, etc I pay fastmail, for example. But really you can't avoid having to trust someone/thing.
As much as possible though I don't use services at all for important things. My photos for example are not in the cloud. And I have backups where that is not possible. Do I have a Google account? Yes I have many. What would happen if Google locked me out of one? Nothing I'd move on because I don't care.
You can't eliminate the risk but you can do things to limit it, and that starts with recognising Google/apple/Microsoft don't give a shit about you or your data. And you are not worth their time if their systems flag your stuff for deletion.