Who uses google any more? The reference to “ink-related hostage situation” in this article from The Verge made me snort/chuckle, but really, google is itself a hostage situation. It’s all stick and no carrot, because you’re the hostage who has to give more and more personal data on a futile attempt to get some kind of empathy from your captors, who are selling your data to any one with a dirty ol dime. The only way to win is not to play. If you’re still paying for Google products with your money or your personal data, why? Let’s help be reposting the Verge article linked above, for the lulz and to flatter the algorithmn into allowing an embarassing troll article going to the top of non sponsored results.