[scarface74]

I do actively avoid Google for any of their products outside of search. Not because of some underlying belief system. But because the products suck compared to the alternatives in every category besides search. Even searching on Google sucks without an ad blocker.

I could also avoid any one of the other Big Tech companies without the loss of convenience. I could definitely avoid both of the Ad tech companies - Google and Facebook.

Before I get called out, I couldn’t just avoid 1 of the other three because they allow me to exchange labor for money to support my addiction to food and shelter. But if I didn’t work for them I could.

[Bakary]

Look, I don't want to badger you. I'd say at the end of the day the important point is to band together to try to limit the influence of adtech and traditional ad companies. Most of this effort will have to take the form of collective engagement because there's only so much personal sacrifice can do. I'll fully admit I am a hypocrite myself. I simply don't have the resources or energy to do much more than fix the emergencies in front of me. But that's why it's so important that even inconsistent people be allowed to voice their opinion and do something about these things, because it's not their personal consistency that matters but the power of the ad oligopolies and the vileness of modern advertising.