haha, just checked, I’m younger than google. but I’d say there’s not much practical difference between generations. it was my dad who taught me how to search and introduced me to google and windows, I didn’t even know there were alternatives. while my generation has been conditioned to love sharing every detail of our lives on ig or facebook, I’d say most of us just assume what we search on google, what we watch on youtube, or generally the stuff we don’t share with people but trust our phones or applications to handle, will remain private. and I think most older people think the same thing. they might value privacy more, but since they are unaware of data collection, there isn’t much practical difference.

That apparently there are people who think there is a “world of privacy to enter” instead of it just being common sense stuff that I have been doing for ever anyways… Seriously, this is not some red pill blue pill matrix shit, and pretending it to be just makes it sound like some secret society stuff that makes it suspect for normal people.

don’t be so harsh xD

honestly there are so many people who don’t even have an idea of what online privacy is and so many people who “have nothing to hide” that privacy-aware people would look like conspiracy theorists to the average person. just the fact that someone refuses to use google would be alien to people. now add refusing to use apple phones, windows, whatsapp, facebook, instagram, google chrome etc and the average person thinks you’re a drug dealer or some kind of hermit. it shouldn’t be like this at all, but it won’t change as long as people who care about privacy are a minority. turns out your common sense is sensible, but not common at all.