> They haven't bugged me for a while now, but that's likely because now they're going to try to force me to give them a phone number. This and your other reply

> They haven't bugged me for a while now, but that's likely because now they're going to try to force me to give them a phone number. This and your other reply in this part of the conversation are purely paranoid speculation. Frankly, if you're this concerned about Google's nefarious intent, you should get off their platform. They probably already know a lot more about you than just some random phone number.