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> You can't escape google's tracking. Paying them won't stop them either.

This was the point I was making

> The fact that Google has the gall to ask for money on top of all the snooping they do is frankly insulting.

They will never be incentivesed to stop doing the above if you keep shooting down their attempts to follow a different business model.

Regarding them ( asin YouTube ) "hiding their profit" maybe it is because it is much much lower than you believe it is, possibly even negative and the borg overlords at alphabet puts a ton of pressure on the executives to change that, but that is speculation so you are welcome to ignore it an believe in whatever fantasy you want. I find it more helpful for my mental health to not believe people are evil.