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How I tried and failed to quit Google
- partingshots 8y agoSo the author makes a concerted attempt at spinning his enjoyment of using Google services as something negative, but based on his assertions I'm not really seeing it. From Gmail to Google Drive to YouTube to Google Translate to Google Maps to etcetera etcetera, every single one of these things provides immense benefits to people's lives and improves the world with some ads being the only cost. Honestly, I think people take it a little too much for granted sometimes. I'm not trying to call anyone out here, but just try to think about it a bit more. No one owes anyone anything, and especially not to corporations, as to be clear, Google is very much a mutual beneficiary in this relationship. They make massive amounts of money, unimaginable sums, with profit margins that will make your eyes bulge. So don't feel any obligation whatsoever. Instead, what I think the point is that it can be extremely valuable to be able to take a step back and to try with an unbiased eye, to look critically at the business relationships you make with the various corporations that exist in your life. Keeping in mind that none of them care about you as person, your privacy, or anything at all really except for the dollar number they can extract from you (specifically calling out Apple on this), how do things weigh out?