This is a great case for Google to decouple, either voluntarily or by court order.
YouTube's faulty algorithm erroneously locking your account should never result in you losing your access to your Drive, email, Android, media purchases, or anything else unrelated to YouTube (it shouldn't erroneously lock your YouTube account either, but limiting the blast radius is a no-brainer).
YouTube's faulty algorithm erroneously locking your account should never result in you losing your access to your Drive, email, Android, media purchases, or anything else unrelated to YouTube (it shouldn't erroneously lock your YouTube account either, but limiting the blast radius is a no-brainer).