"Google Ad pros' scary stories"

postscript
Google reps are the ‘experts’ who contact you out of the blue about your Google Ads account.
Taken at its least cynical explanation, Google is super excited about its partnership with you and is paying this rockstar to help you bring your business vision to life.
Or—perhaps—Google is a convicted monopolist corporation that’s evolving its ad platform toward less control and data for its users, and this ‘expert’ is a low-paid salesperson with a quota for pushing users like you toward account setups that better disguise a system designed to extract more dollars from you.
Who’s to know?