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Nothing is free. If you don't pay for the product, you are the product.
Privacy (different from anonymity) has become more and more important to me, and Google had access to nearly every part of my life in one way or another. I've cut out Musk, Zuck and Bezos, and I'm now nearly completely Google free as well.
I've often heard "why do I care if Google reads my emails? I've got nothing to hide". 2 great answers:
Unlock your phone and give it to me for an hour. Just because you have nothing to hide doesn't mean you don't want privacy. Google does exactly that.
Speaking of privacy, why bother closing the stall door in a public washroom? You're not doing anything wrong in there.
is a false dychotomy. you're not hiding, you're deciding what to share and that's a huge difference.
Ugh, "I've got nothing to hide" 🙄
My answer has been for a long time, "then take a stroll down main street naked, and tell your deepest secrets to strangers". Of course you have something to hide, otherwise you're a soulless shell of a person.