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by throwaway_19sz 1944 days ago
You can't really 'sacrifice' data. A more technically correct phrasing would be "I'm happy to reveal some data about me in return to get top notch search results".

But even that obscures the most important considerations: what does "some data" mean, and to whom are you revealing it? So if we make it a bit more verbose (but still keeping to the facts), it's more like: "I'm happy to reveal my browsing and purchasing history to unknown third parties, in unknown juristictions around the world, in order to get top notch search results." If you're happy to do make that trade, great, but I'd argue it's not such an obviously good deal as you make it sound.