[SaveFerris]

I upgraded my Tracfone to one with a bigger screen last year. All because the $59.82 phone was marked down to $9.82 (Walmart). I had paid $9.95 for my simple Tracfone two years earlier.

To use all the features, it requires connecting it to Google.

Ask yourself why.......

[riri]

To use all the features, it requires connecting it to Google.

Ask yourself why.......

Right? Creepy too.

[Red Badger]

Because we say so...............

[ctdonath2]

“connecting it to Google. Ask yourself why.......”

Most modern phones which aren’t Apple or Microsoft based are Android phones.
Android is a Google product using Google services.
Which explains perfectly well why most of its features require a Google connection.