Are you being hyperbolic, or do you really consider Google the worst with regards to privacy.
replyThe most ubiquitous, absolutely. Their data collection is unparalleled. They're on almost every website, app, they have fingers into payment and browsers and mobile OSes.
replyIn terms of what they do with big data there's more evil parties like Palantir but data abuse starts with collecting it, and I would object to it even if Google promised to only use it for good. For me my privacy is already violated when my data is collected, not just when it's abused. And I do consider Google's use of that data abusive, just not in the worst ways.
Hopefully they eventually make a way to pay without it.
replyYou wouldn't believe the spam if they did that
replyWhy? Just raise the prices if they get more spam on non-google payments.
replyI've literally registered a Signal account on one of the free SMS sites floating around. Why would spammers choose the payment route over phone numbers? They would just choose the one that's cheaper.
googles obligation to hand out all account linked info notwithstanding, one may still create google accounts without associating a phone number, by doing so on old android versions. signal does however explicitly force credit card info here, thus providing direct individual traceability ..
replyPlus they are mandating you give your details to Google. So much for privacy
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