"Nobody forces you to use Google" is an example of a very problematic common bit of rhetoric. You can also say nobody forces you to use the internet or have a c

"Nobody forces you to use Google" is an example of a very problematic common bit of rhetoric. You can also say nobody forces you to use the internet or have a car or whatever else. Google is not a true monopoly, but they are monopolistic. They exist in a world of oligopolies. There is not as much choice as there should be, and this is a threat to privacy and to freedom. Having non-democratic oligopolies is already a threat, period. Forced to use Google? No, but Google is certainly interested in convincing you to use them. So many people are convinced and aren't aware of any issues. In the end, "forced to use" is bad rhetoric because it is a straw man. Nobody was arguing to the contrary. Tearing down that straw man fails to address the actual problems.