Google Antigravity's terms can suspend your account for third-party use
A post shared on X and amplified on Hacker News says the terms of service for Google Antigravity, which runs on a user's Google Gemini subscription, let Google suspend that user's entire Google account if it suspects the account is being used for third-party usage of Antigravity. The post states this directly: Antigravity's terms make it clear that if Google determines someone is using it in a way it suspects is third-party usage, citing a tool called OpenClaw as one example, Google can suspend that person's Google account. The post does not explain what OpenClaw is or exactly how it connects to Antigravity beyond being named as one example.
The author extends the warning beyond Antigravity itself, arguing that people underestimate how risky it is to use a Google Gemini subscription through anything other than Google's own official surfaces, because the penalty is not limited to losing access to the AI product: the post says a user can get their entire Google account banned. That is presented as reason enough to avoid the product: the author writes, 'I'm not taking this risk, sorry.'
The post draws an explicit contrast with rival AI vendors: a ban from OpenAI or Anthropic is called merely 'annoying,' while a Google account ban is called 'legit life ruining.' No instance of an account actually being suspended under this clause is mentioned, the terms of service are paraphrased rather than quoted directly, and there is no response from Google in the post. The claim still drew heavy attention: the discussion reached 300 points and 201 comments on Hacker News.
Key facts
- Google Antigravity's terms of service state that suspected third-party usage, such as using a tool the post calls OpenClaw, can get a user's Google account suspended.
- The post's author says he will not use Antigravity because of that risk, writing, 'I'm not taking this risk, sorry.'
- The author argues that using a Google Gemini subscription outside Google's official surfaces risks getting a user's entire Google account banned, not just losing access to the AI product.
- The author contrasts the stakes with rival vendors: an OpenAI or Anthropic ban is called 'annoying,' a Google account ban is called 'legit life ruining.'
- The claim comes from a paraphrase of the terms of service, not a verbatim quotation, and no case of an account actually being suspended this way is cited; the post still drew 300 points and 201 comments on Hacker News.
Why it matters
The claim describes an unusually harsh enforcement mechanism attached to a major new AI coding product. Antigravity runs on a user's Google Gemini subscription, and according to the post, Google's terms of service let the company treat suspected third-party usage, the post names a tool called OpenClaw as one example, as grounds to suspend the user's entire Google account rather than just access to Gemini or Antigravity. The author calls a ban from OpenAI or Anthropic merely 'annoying' by comparison, but calls a Google account ban 'legit life ruining.' Anyone whose Gmail, Drive or other Google services sit behind the same login as their AI subscription is being asked, on this reading, to accept a far larger downside than a typical AI tool ban carries.
Who it affects
Developers and users who reach for Google Antigravity, or a Gemini subscription more broadly, through anything other than Google's official surfaces. The post names third-party usage as the trigger and cites a tool called OpenClaw as one example the terms flag, but it does not explain what OpenClaw is or exactly how it connects to Antigravity. Anyone routing Gemini access through wrappers, alternate clients or automation built on top of Antigravity is the audience this warning targets, according to the post.
How to use it
The post's own conclusion is blunt: treat any route into Antigravity or Gemini other than Google's official surfaces as a bet against your whole Google account, not just against an AI subscription. The author's stated response is to avoid the product entirely, writing, 'I'm not taking this risk, sorry.' For anyone weighing a tool like OpenClaw against that stance, the practical reading here is to keep Gemini and Antigravity usage inside Google's own official channels unless and until the terms, or Google's enforcement of them, are clarified.
How solid is it
The claim rests on one person's reading of Antigravity's terms of service, described in the post's own words rather than quoted directly, with no date or version of the terms cited. The post does not report any case of a Google account actually being suspended under this clause: it describes a policy risk and a personal decision to avoid the product, not a realized suspension, and it includes no response from Google. What is independently verifiable is the level of attention the claim drew: the discussion reached 300 points and 201 comments on Hacker News, which measures how many people found the warning worth discussing, not whether the reading of the terms is accurate.
Risks and caveats
Everything here follows from a paraphrase of a contractual clause, not its exact wording, so the actual terms could carry qualifications the post does not mention. What OpenClaw is, and precisely how using it would trip Google's suspicion of third-party usage, is left unexplained by the source. Nothing in the post confirms that any account has actually been suspended this way; it is a warning about a possible outcome, not a report of one happening. Anyone deciding whether to use Antigravity, or a wrapper or client built on top of it, should check Google's published terms of service directly rather than rely on this secondhand description.
“OpenAI or Anthropic ban? Annoying but whatever Google account ban? Legit life ruining.”
— the post's author