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I’m happy because I won’t pay them and now they’re forcing me off the platform, win for me.

That’s a win win. You shouldn’t be forced to use the platform. And the platform shouldn’t be forced to provide you services for free

If Google didn’t have such a abysmal business model to start with, this wouldn’t be an issue.

They offered services for free without providing the disclaimer.

The attention economy is a toxic poison, I think more people than you realise are now aware of this and are less likely to pay for something Google offers because of it.

I don’t hate Google, but they’ve eroded a lot of trust.

The "attention economy" has always been there. If you truly value your time so much you should be glad to have an option to pay for ads to be gone.

So as I said, I'm glad they've given me more incentive to not use their products. It's ok if we disagree I guess.

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