When I realized this, this was pretty much the reason I got so into self-hosting everything I  possibly can and have taken large efforts to de-Google myself and not use large corporate tech. It's also why at the bare minimum I'm always using a VPN or other sort of privacy technologies to connect to the general internet.

I understand that some people won't go to the same extremes that I have done. That's fine, but at least be aware of this fact. So many people act so blasé about it that it's genuinely concerning for me as I see the landscape of mainstream tech getting worse and worse. 

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