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Comment by koolba | Hacker News Reader

This is the exact scenario I described one month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195943

Makes you wonder if Google models how much revenue they lose specifically to this fear, because it's very real. I would simply never use GCP or Gemini because the idea of being banned from Google for absolutely any long-tail reason is a far greater cost than any benefit I could derive from those services.

>Way too risky to use Google services like this tied to your primary account.

Google has no problem correlating your accounts unless you know what you're doing and are ready to switch to the cypherpunk mode.

There is realistically no way to evade the account correlation systems that Google (likely) has.

It's not that hard actually, but separation has a maintenance/convenience cost and requires you to think before doing anything.

We're speculating here but between time correlation, browser fingerprinting and telemetry, the average user attempting to pull off a clean compartmentalisation of two accounts has no chance, even when they think they do.

I'm not speculating, but yes, ordinary users won't be able do that, that's what my warning is about.

Google commented about this:

- https://www.androidauthority.com/google-account-bans-3654171...

- https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/2039536001186414760?s=20

Jeez, really gives you incentive not to use Gemini.

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