For my personal life and businesses, I use and pay for multiple Google services (Workspaces, Cloud, YouTube, Nest Aware) simply because I like them and very much benefit from them.
Yet, one thing terrifies me.. That one day, for some odd reason, Google blocks my access or even deletes my data. And that terror is not coming from delusion, but from many stories like this one that we see here and there, every now and then.
Just call tech support, they’re easy to reach and very helpful.
That makes no sense. I typically go for years without logging into my Google Analytics account. There's gotta be some missing context here.
He should feel fortunate that Google only deleted his Google analytics account not whole google/gmail account associated with it. There are countless horror stories like those as well on internet.
I on the other hand haven’t logged in for a year and Google is still trying to get me to spend more on ads.
And no doubt the only way to fix it is to make a racket on social media.
The best way to prevent someone else from deleting your data is to own it. For anyone looking for alternatives to Google Anayltics, here are a few self-hosted options:
Matomo, open core with a broad feature set: https://matomo.org
Countly, open core with web and mobile tracking: https://count.ly
Plausible, open source with a simple feature set: https://plausible.io