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They killed my Play Store account even after I had fulfilled the eligibility of not getting the account killed in time and never refunded the $25 (had no apps yet). I know this was nothing compared to losses others might have faced but they literally took/stole that $25 from me. They never responded to anything after the last email where they said "it is final.. something policy…" and all that. Nothing, no response at all. They had asked me to add a bank account while I was appealing this so they could refund and I could not add a bank account, there was no way, there was no documentation. They did not reply for 17-18 days and that was also denied and they just closed it saying "since I had not added an account in time… final.. no further response.." etc.

> It's almost like Google is suicidal and these are calls for help.

No no. They are fine.

Companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon etc could they all this because they know the game is rigged in their favour in this world where everything is "legal" and not "justice" and with their resources they can legally take on many countries put together, let alone individuals. That's why they do what they do and they don't do what they don't do.



If it was via a credit card, consider doing a charge back. Sounds like you have plenty of evidence that they didn't provide the service they claimed they should have. Even for a small amount it hurts them much more with the CC processor.


If you plan to do a charge back on Google, better be prepared to lose access to your entire Google account [1] including Gmail.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34016389


And that's why Google/Alphabet ought to be split up.


Don't forget mobile unless you are firmly in Apple camp with iPhone and iPad devices. You can switch to Apple ecosystem but then the overall cost in the end may be more than the chargeback amount.

It is a pain to install apps and use an Android phone with play services installed but not logged in.


Aurora Store should help a lot. (And also F-Droid!)

...or just create another Google account in a fake name.


>just create another Google account in a fake name.

You seriously think that the company that knows more about you than most intelligence agencies can't tell if you're hoodwinking them?


You can screw over a small business with chargebacks, but not like a CC processor is going to drop Google over one, or tens of thousands of chargebacks.


Nobody is going to drop Google. Google is going to drop YOU. From everything.


What would you say about something like this? > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41281628




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