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I’d assume that using the service without paying (money or otherwise) for it would introduce costs to the provider hence being worse than not using it at all.

Google Services Framework if I recall correctly

I’m damn sure our definitions of this word are not aligned

That would force them to reveal it’s sources (unconsented scraping) hence make them liable for any potential lawsuits. As such they would need to withdraw from revealing sources

Depends on what you did! Say for example they’re using Graphene to harass/paedophilia then they already have a copious amount of evidence on hand since they are there.

For organising peaceful protests that seems less of an issue and the other end of the chats is the weak link.

I already like you sir.

Good luck having them delete your data cuz they didn’t delete mine.

Tracking how many users you have and how many of them visit an article is hardly any breach of privacy compared to what ad companies retain.

Use an open source solution about analytics and minimise data collection if not absolutely necessary.