Comment by bflesch

> Go ahead, call me a prick, but you're a good customer, and I know you'll keep buying.

Your overconfidence might set you up for disappointment, just like those US states who are begging Canadians to buy their booze. I understand that you're emotional, and it's fine - no need to call anyone a prick.

> We didn't loot your data. You gave it freely in exchange for the extremely convenient services that are built on it.

That's incorrect. Both Facebook and Google uploaded smartphone contact books of their users to their servers when it still was possible. There was no user consent to provide list of all contacts plus phone numbers. Now both have walled gardens and fight against other companies scraping their data.

> You can buy a map book and put it in your car and navigate the old way.

There are many other options.