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What if the plebeians don't mind privacy intrusions? What if they are happy to give away their privacy on a platter if they are getting free email, digital maps, traffic stats, cloud drive and a whole lot of other goodies from Google? Never underestimate the power of freebies!

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Plebeians? Is that what you think of people who are too busy, working to pay for basic food and living conditions, to take any time whatsoever to understand how they still pay even for "freebies"?

Plebeians here means common people or the commoners, no need to get triggered!

Do you not consider yourself "common people"? I consider myself common.

Yep exactly. I consider myself common that's why I don't get offended by the word "plebeian". In my books, plebeian is just a synonym for "commoners", there is no other meaning to it.

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