said by Madmick :

If Google wants to track me, PAY ME MOTHERFOCKERS!

said by cdru :

They are. They are providing you a service at no cost to you. If you don't like them tracking you, don't use their service. You are free to start your own search service that crawls the internet and indexes just about everything. Probably won't be as good but at least it will be private. You are also able to get your own e-mail service. If you don't want them targeting ads to you based on the content, then pay for your own.

said by GeneStarwind :

But it's another thing to provide free, no-frills service for an extended period of time (building up the reputation of an ad-free, dependable multi-service provider), and then suddenly shift gears in the aforementioned manner once your customer base is large enough (as if they're doing so poorly financially, to begin with: »ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3f7···8SKFQJ00). Sounds more like an effective bait maneuver than anything else.

said by GeneStarwind :

But it's another thing to provide free, no-frills service for an extended period of time (building up the reputation of an ad-free, dependable multi-service provider), and then suddenly shift gears in the aforementioned manner once your customer base is large enough

said by GeneStarwind :

But it's another thing to provide free, no-frills service for an extended period of time (building up the reputation of an ad-free, dependable multi-service provider), and then suddenly shift gears in the aforementioned manner once your customer base is large enough (as if they're doing so poorly financially, to begin with: »ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3f7···8SKFQJ00). Sounds more like an effective bait maneuver than anything else.