> tracking doesn't seem to negatively impact my quality of life It’s nice you’re willing to make this trade, but obviously some of us are not. I value my priv

> tracking doesn't seem to negatively impact my quality of life It’s nice you’re willing to make this trade, but obviously some of us are not. I value my privacy, and I do not want Google to know what I’m interested in, how old I am, or my gender. I find the fact that Google tries to infer these things about me deeply, deeply creepy. Google also goes out of their way to collect information you don’t want to share. Turn off “Location history” on your phone, and Google Maps will no longer remember where your “Home” is (or, actually, it will claim it won’t remember, but it will still randomly tell you how long it will take to get home). This is of course nonsense. I can want to tell someone where I live and also not want that same someone to track everywhere I go in minute detail. Google’s position here is kind of like an abusive partner saying if you give them your phone number they obviously have the right to see everything in your phone. All the while claiming “You’re in control!” Soooo creepy! The more insanely creepy things Google does with my data, the less I trust them. Again, it’s fine if you trust them. You’re free to trust anyone you want (even my abusive ex partner, although I’d caution against it). But some of us don’t trust Google, and we don’t want to move to the opt-out-village[0] so here we are. [0]: https://www.theonion.com/google-opt-out-feature-lets-users-protect-privacy-by-mo-1819594840 https://www.theonion.com/google-opt-out-feature-lets-users-p...