I am surprised that Google seems to underestimate the possibility of this sort of thing actually pushing people outside its reach. I am in the same boat as you

I am surprised that Google seems to underestimate the possibility of this sort of thing actually pushing people outside its reach. I am in the same boat as you, I am not as worried as some of the doomsdayers, I would just opt out of their shitternet entirely and find other ways to live. The web today is not the valued asset it was to me in decades past.