I'd assume that using the service without paying (money or otherwise) for it would introduce costs to the provider hence being worse than not using it at all.
Google Services Framework if I recall correctly
I'm damn sure our definitions of this word are not aligned
That would force them to reveal it's sources (unconsented scraping) hence make them liable for any potential lawsuits. As such they would need to withdraw from revealing sources
Depends on what you did! Say for example they're using Graphene to harass/paedophilia then they already have a copious amount of evidence on hand since they are there.
For organising peaceful protests that seems less of an issue and the other end of the chats is the weak link.
I already like you sir.
Good luck having them delete your data cuz they didn't delete mine.
LineageOS without google is a good start if supported
Slow and steady is a better practice than going for the big ones outright.
People are not predictable and they need to be sure this wont affect their business by creating a trend. On second thought it is a bit surprising that no tiktok trend has exploded where they instruct people to block ads with uBlock.
DeGoogle your phone if you can.
I think is time to be proactive regarding privacy rather than just keep whining about it!
In the last couple of months I have noticed an increasing trend of supplying me search results that are completely unrelated to the current query and tie back to my location or previous searches. I can say this with a high degree of certainty this is without a doubt beyond the 100th instance this has happened.
My browser is configured against tracking and fingerprinting (in fact all my devices are) which would make it fairly difficult to retain any data unless they are profiling me.
