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It depends, but generally yes. YouTube DMCA strikes, for example, are known to only nuke your YT channel(s) and the rest of Google still works[0] (although this page does say your entire account is subject to termination[1]). Getting banned from the other services is much harder, of course.

0: https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/lesson/respond-to-co...

1: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2814000?hl=en#stri...



> Getting banned from the other services is much harder, of course.

Is it? All it takes is someone at Google not liking what you're saying for Google to conveniently allow a bug to "accidentally" de-activate your account[1]. Google's slogan may as well be "self-censor or be censored".

[1] https://medium.com/@zacharyvorhies/open-letter-dear-attorney...




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