“Now some might find that creepy but that’s how Google gets most of their revenue and that is also why most of Google’s basic services (i.e. search engine; Gmail; browser, etc.) are FREE to the consumer.”
It is beyond creepy.
Definite not free. You pay by allowing them to mine the intimate details of your life. The overlords at google believe themselves better than the rest of us. They don’t just use that information to place ads, they manipulate search suggestions, trending, search taking and results to control. They hate conservatives.
In my opinion, forced self censorship is the most evil. An always on listening device where what you say can be stored, and a company that has demonstrated that it will censor conservatives. Evil to it’s core.
The thing that really bothers me is their arrogance to do things like I shared above with Youtube. They are taking liberties they more than likely have no actual legal right to take. Like secretly accessing your location, camera, and microphone without any agreement to their terms. These are not just simple cookies, this is direct access to your local machine.
And if you have not registered with them, then you have not legally agreed to any terms of use like this. So in the case with Youtube they are doing this without a legal contract and agreement giving them permission to access these as a default when you go to their page like they are. Not even a notice/disclaimer that they are doing it.
Not sure if Apple is up to the same kind of tricks but they do appear to take security and privacy matters seriously.
I would give up Google entirely but I am a bit tied into the Gmail/Google App ecosystem due to my employer using it as their main collaboration platform. Also, I've tried other search engines and always end up going back to Google search engine. Maybe someday a search engine will exist that rivals Google.
It appears the Trump Administration is taking aim at Google. Will be interesting to see where it goes.