Feel really guilty, my one family member gave me this. I don’t use much google stuff anymore and I really dislike the company as it gets more intrusive. Is there anything I can do with this thing besides give it away? Nothing is worse than getting a gift that you can’t use.

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    28 days ago

    What thought? They clearly know nothing about OP and didn’t put any actual thought in. Lol

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      28 days ago

      Someone close enough to be expected to gift, but distant enough to not know them well and only know “they like techy stuff”.

      Like, I get that it isn’t the best gift for OP, and I dont presume to know their relational status with the gift giver, but there are plenty of ways this could be a well-intentioned thoughtful gift that just didn’t hit the mark…

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      28 days ago

      That’s what my friend said too. I work in the tech industry, but gosh do I find it creepy more and more. And if you talk about it being pervasive, you get called paranoid.

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        27 days ago

        Yeah, it’s super creepy. We’re literally harvested for data to be sold for profit. Disgusting.