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Survey shows Gmail users would gladly sacrifice features for more privacy (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Blaze@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Most of you said you’d switch to Proton Mail for the privacy, even if it meant giving up some of the convenience of Gmail.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, if a company has shareholders then you are the product

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Companies exist only to make profits for the investors.

The users getting any value is just a happy little accident.