[tropicalia]

If you come at it from the perspective that Google is your friend, as in not like a real friend (who I wouldn't let change my passwords), but a friend that's even better than a real friend, then sure, these points are paranoid.

If you start an argument with a false premise (like the above), then sure, you can come to just about any kind of conclusion you want.

The GNU perspective is very distrustful of the idea that anyone else should be administrating their devices [etc etc]

Which is a perfectly reasonable position to have, and no one takes issue with GNU for having it.

What one takes issue with is the consistent use of manipulative language, egregious omission of context (e.g. like what was just said about Google in the post above) and other generalized mindfuckery that GNU folks seem to routinely resort to in order to get you to buy into their shtick. As exemplified in the article referred to in the original post for this thread.

And which has gotten to be way beyond old. For like, multiple decades now.