I understand they charge for the information. So, they profit off it, too. As do the data brokers. Of course, the lettered agencies are paying with our money.
Maybe I should de-google my phone again. Just to be sure.
I completely block them with DNS and have considered IP blocks as well. I prefer it this way because in iOS it’s not just Google apps and websites contacting Google, it’s all sorts of third-party apps and websites too.
In fact I learned the hard way that cellular carriers in the US have given up on RCS deployments and defer it all to Google: you have to specifically unblock some Google servers if you want RCS to work on iOS.
how is microg these days, btw?
Remember playing Outer Worlds and thinking this is closer to reality than i’m comfortable with… we’re living this. Need to finish de-Googling.
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