you have long ago given up your privacy. The idea you are protecting yourself from google is silly if you do any of the above.
I get not trusting what is going on when you use the internet or google but it doesn't make it nefarious. It would do google absolutely no good to abuse the data they get from you. Quite the opposite it would harm them considerably, they have every incentive to use that data responsibly.
Not only that Google makes it incredibly easy to wipe any and all data you wish that is collected by them at any time.
https://www.androidauthority.com/delete-google-history-692726/
if you do choose to entrust your data with them on the other hand they provide a huge service suite that includes things from map directions to personalized search results to home automation to media and entertainment tailored to you.
The list of services that work together is ridiculous at this point and continue to improve constantly.
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Yes they learn things through your data and make money using your data to deliver adds to you they think pertain to you. But it is not people peering through your stuff it is all computer algorithms crunching away at that data that is providing these connections to your data and you. No one actually looks at it unless there is a problem and you ask them to or in an extreme case the federal government does.
Now if you are worried about the feds looking at you I would say you have other issues and in that case by all means avoid google like the plague but also don't forget all that other stuff either , the credit card etc..you can certainly go to the dark web and hang out there but well need I go on?
Glad to hear this is not you just really leaving all this for others that might stumble onto it.
I freaking love google and Microsoft even though both of them piss me off at times. Millions and millions of people working on both companies platforms every day for decades now and with few exceptions the services keep getting better and better. they have transformed our world and while some are resistant to that change (and I understand that) I would argue it has vastly improved the world in myriad ways and continues to do so.
We all want them to be perfect but if there's anything I have learned in my years around computers there is no such thing. They do keep getting better and better though. How far we have come in what we can do in the last 20 years with computers and the internet is nothing short of amazing and a huge portion of that growth was driven by Microsoft and google products.
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