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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I didn't trust Google enough to torrent but definitely used it on my pixel while traveling. Especially when at relatives houses. I don't need my DNS requests being logged by their router.

I very much felt like you: it's a convenient feature-add for something I was paying for. I did not use it for privacy. I used it for convenience.