You had me until this reveal. No?! What?! Seriously?
But I finished the story anyway. I've heard every upsell pitch for more than 3-4 + years, and what the G inc. folks don't know is I'm not biting on an annual subscription until that pitch gets to be more like 90% off the extremely high subscription price. It's just WAY too pricey.
Even though as a free user with all the annoying ongoing attemps at upselling, constantly, I'll put up with all the silly little emojis and email notifications like, Are you signed in? As if I'm missing something, etc.