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by throw0101a 2423 days ago
Adding to that: by giving up your freedom (of X) you may be giving it up for those around you. We interact with people and information about others can be gleaned by what we do.

Privacy-conscious people may not use Gmail because they don't like what Google is doing, but if everyone you communicate with has an @gmail.com address, you're being 'compromised' every time you send a message to them.