[menotyou]

After Minecraft was acquired by Microsoft I had to create a Microsoft account for my 9 year old elementary school daughter so she could keep on playing her beloved Minecraft. After a few weeks later Microsoft blocked her account because of not further detailed "violation of terms". Unlocking this account was several week long encounter with a service process designed by Franz Kafka.

As a result of this experience I now consider having any relevant data or system access behind Microsoft ID (or any other as Apple or Google) as risk which needs mitigation. I removed all my data from OneDrive and set up my O365 not storing data in the Microsoft cloud (I needed MS support to do so. Not using OneDrive does not do the job).

I consider using my Microsoft/Google/Apple IDs on other sites as adding to the risk to be cut of my data or work at Microsofts mercy.

[sshine]

I used Google as my primary authentication for over a decade, because I thought it's more likely that I will forget to pay my domain or my email service and lose access to my digital identity.

But about five years ago, I asked myself: What if it's more likely that I will get locked out of my account on Google? I'm not paying them anything, and they're impossible to come into contact with.

I also lost access to Minecraft because of the Microsoft acquisition.