> 1. It's not piracy.

Simply re-asserting your opinion doesn't lend any extra weight to your argument. If both sides just repeat their opinions, that's not a discussion.

"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."

You don't seem to understand. Allow me to clarify. I'm not interested in winning some silly argument on Hacker News, I'm interested in using the internet without being spied on or paying out the ass. I just want all of the Very Good Boys and Girls who are doing unpaid public relations work for Google to understand why the rest of us don't care what they think.

Oh my god, the smarminess... yes, nobody except you understands, of course. Thank goodness we have you to grace us with wisdom, while also declining to actually argue a point and just repeating your opinion (essentially, "nuh uh").

Whatever, you already said you don't care about actual rational discourse and regard everyone else as (un)paid actors, so this is pointless.