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pteredactyl | 6 years ago

False comparison. Google users are voluntary. No one forces someone to use Google like the Government forces someone to pay tax.

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InternetOfStuff|6 years ago

> False comparison. Google users are voluntary.

Not entirely. I can choose not to use Gmail or similar services.

I can opt out of Google ads+tracking only because I'm technically adept enough. I can't (realistically) opt out of reCaptcha.

chii|6 years ago

You can opt out of recaptcha by just boycotting the website which uses it.

But of course by "opt out" you mean to remain a user of a service but not the parts you don't like. Whether you are entitled to do this or not is still up for debate.

LMYahooTFY|6 years ago

Google users are not the only target of Google's data mining, so this is extremely disingenuous. I'm not even sure how to define a Google user.

Furthermore the comment seemed in reference to the origins of fascist political ideology in Europe and their relation to what happened when data mining was weaponized against a population.