Comment by csomar
1 month ago
No. A significant number of people care about Privacy which is why 1. Apply was targeting them with Ads and 2. AdBlock did hurt Google's business. Also care is different from go to war (as in install Linux and manually setup a privacy shield + Tor + only transact in Monero). Some people do that out of principal. Many people want the Privacy features but with the ease of use.
Define "significant," and do you have a source?
I'd bet if you ask people "do you care about privacy?" Close to 100% would say yes.
If you ask "you have to give up privacy to be able to log in to your email automatically. Are you ok with that?" Close to 100% would say yes.
If you ask "we will give you this email service for free but in exchange we get to squeeze every ounce of juice that we can out of it to persuade you to buy things you don't need. Are you ok with that?" Close to 100% would say yes.
It doesn't matter what people say they care about. Their actions say otherwise, if the privacy-friendly option is in any way less convenient.
Sometimes I think the real power of Gmail is the Log In With Google button.