I actually asked people around me and none of the answer I got is the one you put forward. The most common answer is that they feel they didn't have a choice, t

I actually asked people around me and none of the answer I got is the one you put forward. The most common answer is that they feel they didn't have a choice, they have an android phone because they needed a phone and didn't want to pay the overpriced premium for an apple product and they seem to hate android with a passion. they have a gmail account because they didn't have a choice and had to make one to use their phone and they'd rather use the email they had before getting the phone. They have chrome on their computer because it just popped up one day and replaced their browser (it came bundled with a freeware they installed and set itself as default browser). When asked about google, they pretty much all knew google was spying and selling ads, which they hate, but all said they felt powerless and didn't what to do. Totally different from the answers I got from tech aware people who either use google's product and don't care / love google or stay away from google / use them through habit and inertia and feel bad about it.