> it's a for-profit company that gives you free products in exchange for ads
Exactly. If I stop using their free services, do I stop seeing their ads though? Because that’s kind of required to make this argument work.
Or it’s just Google gets to delete my data because they have all the power in this relationship? I get to keep being fed ads, make Google money, lose my data, and cost Google less at the same time. There’s only one side of the relationship that benefits off any of this.
Yeah, I think if you stop using their free service you do seeing their ads. I'm pretty sure you are talking about using a Google service... Which you wouldn't use unless it benefits you. So no there isn't only one side that benefits
Exactly. If I stop using their free services, do I stop seeing their ads though? Because that’s kind of required to make this argument work.
Or it’s just Google gets to delete my data because they have all the power in this relationship? I get to keep being fed ads, make Google money, lose my data, and cost Google less at the same time. There’s only one side of the relationship that benefits off any of this.