[wtallis]

> Big Tech does not want your stupid private data. It is in all objective respects toxic waste.

This is so obviously contradicted by the actual behavior of Google and most other tech companies, big and small. From the inside, you may see a clear distinction between telemetry and the truly creepy amount of personal data collection happening in other parts of the company. But you should have no trouble understanding how end users are less able to draw that distinction, especially when they are not offered the choice to only opt-in to some of the data collection and "personalization".

So, do you really think that a user being suspicious of large-scale data collection means they're deranged?

[mixmastamyk]

Hate to trot out the Upton Sinclair quote again, but it's a bullseye here.