> The surveillance part still creeps me the hell out, but if they're gonna do it anyway they might as well use that data to benefit my life. This is such a def

> The surveillance part still creeps me the hell out, but if they're gonna do it anyway they might as well use that data to benefit my life. This is such a defeatist narrative, and it isn't even accurate. They in fact don't have your data, that is half why they run these services. Each service you don't use is another piece of you they don't have. It isn't an all or nothing proposition. Throwing up your hands and granting them powers they don't have short circuits the more meaningful deliberation of "is this service worth the cost?" If I had to guess, I might say that these companies enjoy the strong men we have built them into, because people give in.