I don’t think people here realize that not holding on to is different from no longer processing the data for their own means… There’s no doubt in my mind that Google just simply has no need to keep the old data around anymore once other processing like for ML models and ad targeting are completed
Google will still track you at all times and profile you and advertise and know where you live. They just aren’t going to share that data with you anymore.
Many people find the feature quite useful, clearly including law enforcement.
We can’t have nice things anymore unless you subscribe to a specific app. I really miss the optimism of old Google and early internet.
I don’t think people here realize that not holding on to is different from no longer processing the data for their own means… There’s no doubt in my mind that Google just simply has no need to keep the old data around anymore once other processing like for ML models and ad targeting are completed
I think you are exactly right.
Google will still track you at all times and profile you and advertise and know where you live. They just aren’t going to share that data with you anymore.
Many people find the feature quite useful, clearly including law enforcement.
We can’t have nice things anymore unless you subscribe to a specific app. I really miss the optimism of old Google and early internet.