>I do enjoy using their free AI

It's really not free. You're paying with your data.

People have this fixation on privacy, when there's so much more going on, potentially way mor important.

Google's strong position in AI gives them bragging right to attract more companies and get them to actually pay, subsidizing your use. It also lowers competitors position as you're not touching them while we're on Gemini. It also fortifies their position in the future ad market.

Being second or third in AI usage is worth a lot, one's private data matters very little in comparison.

Plus soon we'll be paying based on secret parasocial influencing agendas.

It's now possible to put a complex spin/bias on whatever the system shows (or whatever it chooses to bury) in a really easy and scalable way.

Dairy Association pays, and now everything about bones looks for a plausible way to work in the importance of milk for calcium.

Worse - We all are paying with our planet.

I have an android phone, they already have my data.