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Imagine waking up one day to find out that your Google account has been permanently banned and that you cannot get it back. You’d likely be upset and consider it a major inconvenience, right?
Depending on how integrated you are within the Google ecosystem, a perma-ban could be more than an inconvenience — it could be devastating. A banned Google account means losing access to things you might use daily, including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, and Google Pay. Any playlists you’ve made on YouTube are gone. It even means re-buying all the apps, movies, and books you bought from the Google Play Store.