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Yes, all of Google's (and Facebook and everyone else) controls regarding history and tracking of various things is for the user's benefit to keep them activated, because if you disable or delete them, you are the only one who loses access to that juicy data.

Whenever I delete an object in cloud storage, I simply whisper, "now accessible to everyone but me..."

It's a nice deception, telling you that you have control over all this tracking and history, tricking you into deleting it, and completely losing control.

I will say this, though: if you frequently open your phone or apps in front of other people and may have embarrassing stuff pop up, perhaps it's good to disable it. I found myself hiding my screen from a neighbor this week; not a good feel.