Yes, you must. Or you will encounter the normal annoying captcha like I do and I don't complain because it's my own decision to not be tracked and I know there are consequences for profiling and live with it.
You can't have your cake and eat it too, either you are for privacy and should expect the hassles this create or you want the convenience and have to pay with your privacy for it.
I don't really understand why are you pressing so much on this issue, you have choices with tradeoffs, as most things in life.
I don't really understand why are you pressing so much on this issue
You're acting like these are immutable laws of the universe rather than properties of google's design decisions.
I think your point wouldn't encounter as much resistance (or at least different resistance) if you just said something to the effect of "devoply, you're in the X% of users that google tolerates providing a sub-standard experience to, and I don't give a fuck either."
You can't have your cake and eat it too, either you are for privacy and should expect the hassles this create or you want the convenience and have to pay with your privacy for it.
I don't really understand why are you pressing so much on this issue, you have choices with tradeoffs, as most things in life.