It’s far from impossible, you just have to prioritize your privacy at more than a few bucks a month.

If it was just privacy it would be an easy sell but there is nothing close to a fully functional alternative then Microsoft.

Nothing would make parent happier, but they've placed a very small price on their happiness.

Or in this case have a look at the Google Graveyard and/or those many stories of users that lost access to their Google account without any way to contact an actual person that could help them.