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> if I don't wear a mask during a pandemic, I accept the risks of catching the virus

No, your metaphor is rather flawed. Better one would be "if I don't see anyone during a pandemic, I do not need to wear a mask."

If anyone hacked my email account, I would certainly be harmed, with a very low probability. However, Google made sure that I was _certainly_ harmed by it: for quite some time I could not access a vitally important information, which caused me significant stress.

Apologists such as you miss the point: I specifically foresaw the situation, and disabled 2FA to avoid it. And still, Google decided that it knows better. Well, that was before I decided that I know better and deGooglified my life. Chrome->Firefox, Google.com->DDG, you know the drill.



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