I wonder if this is related:
I just got a new smartphone, which, unfortunately, had google on it. When I tried to install an app for driving directions, it forced me to open a google account.
The next time I attempted to use my new phone, it wouldn’t accept my fingerprint or my password. It was essentianly a paperweight.
I was so disgusted that I restored the factoy settings and am returning the phone.
It took all day and several phonecalls to both my carrier and the manufacturer to learn how to wipe the phone, and ended up going online on my desktop to find out how to do it.
Everything was fine until I went to google.
What do you think?
Very well could be. they are playing some new games right now. And despite what we think about their expertise they make mistakes in programming too.