[emodendroket]

Consider this: one of the many complaints about big tech is companies having too much personal data on customers. But if we feel one entity having the data is bad, why is several having it better? That seems worse. Now it's even harder to keep track of.

[ricardo81]

But most alternatives choose not to retain personal data and have much more stringent privacy policies.

Realistically I don't think the average individual can fathom how much personal data the likes of Google has on people. Small example, I deleted my entire Youtube subscription/history several times, I keep getting recommended the same things. Clearly there's more to 'deleting it entirely'.

[emodendroket]

Perhaps your experience has been different than mine but I find the handling of personal data at very large companies is much more careful than what I have experienced elsewhere.