Re: Too much pessimism
"it is easily possible to avoid Google's services, and with suitable ad-blockers and the like to avoid their intrusion to our lives"
Avoiding their services is easy. Avoiding their spying is very hard. In order to accomplish that, you need a lot more than adblockers. You pretty much have to stop participating in large segments of society, including no longer using bank cards, no longer giving out information to any organizations, etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
