People have always been baffled as to why I refuse to get a Google account or a Discord account, or want programs I actually run locally, subscription-free. @pluralistic explains why:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/22/degoogled/#kafka-as-a-service

https://locusmag.com/2024/07/cory-doctorow-unpersoned/

And no, I don't buy into the "if you're innocent you have nothing to fear" attitude about things like this, or privacy, or the like. I have plenty of experience with authority figures or people in positions of even petty power being arbitrary and untrustworthy.