You just provided the rationale for all
Lemmings. Google's business model and far-reaching (street-by-street) data-sponge seems 'a bit vindictive' to me.
"Avoidance and steering around things" = resistance to hyper-aggressive mining of your thoughts, hopes, wants, aspirations.
"Jus(sic) going with the flow" = lazy, defeated, bandwagon-riders with lots of company(!) convinced that a slacker majority couldn't possibly get together and pursue a detrimental course of action.
Your comment reads like 'the PusherMan's sales pitch: "Everyone else is doing it; why not just 'go with the flow, friend?!"
Your apparant need for sheep-like conformity over your own self-interest is sickening, and calling those who still value their e-autonomy 'vindictive' (for doing something about it----'A lot of avoidance and steering around things')---is pure Brave New World. Confounding Google's pervasive data-mining is 'vindictive'??? Really?! Is locking your front door 'vindictive' (for not allowing anyone to come in and snoop around whenever they wish)?
Your willingness to be used (and to cast aspersions on those who DON'T) is scary....
