Never forget the corollary!

“...But don’t dismiss malice.” Dismissing reasonable concerns about a nearly universal practice is best done through reasoned argument, not aphorism.

To be pedantic, that's till harvesting your data, it's just not selling it.

Does that make it malicious and stupid?

I'm really surprised this was down voted so much. I really don't think it's all that controversial. Like so many websites require registration when you are almost guaranteed never to return.

I feel really bad for bobsmith@aol.com. He probably had to abandon that address years ago.

You should be aware that many malicious people feign incompetence when caught.

never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by profit motive.