Correlation is not Causation; Privacy vs. Google and Facebook
0One last fallacy for now: Correlation is (Not) Causation - two things that move together might not cause each other. For example, NBA players tend to be tall, but it is not true that if you join the NBA you will become tall. It is correlated, but not caused.
After this we talked about the notion "If you aren't paying for a product you are the product", which is wrong (FOSS software is free but does not violate your privacy, and Windows 11 is mostly free but violates your privacy), but the phrase is still a useful starting point to think about the issue. Google gives away all its stuff for free so that it can build a comprehensive profile of you so that it can sell your profile to advertisers.
The solution: Firefox + uBlock Origin. Or just go all-in on not having privacy and let Microsoft pay you for your search history. You can get Starbucks cards and such by using Bing.
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