Yes. Besides the Four Fundamental Freedoms of Free Software, people have an additional freedom: The freedom to give up their freedom. In my case, my life is gr

Yes. Besides the Four Fundamental Freedoms of Free Software, people have an additional freedom: The freedom to give up their freedom. In my case, my life is greatly simplified by giving up a little freedom and having Google's sysadmins manage the hardware and software for a lot of my personal data. The risk is even less when places like Google and Facebook allow you to export your data.