Regs regarding "VFR flight following?" (also: "need to vent")

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I have had good luck with Flight Following but am pretty touchy on
being given vectors just to ease the controllers duties. I most always
cancel flight following, dial in 1200 and remind them there has NEVER
been a controller killed in a midair, it is always the pilots in
command. After all,, they work for us, not the other way around.


"Vectors just to ease the controllers duties"? What do you mean by that?
If you're in an area where ATC must provide separation vectoring is a valid
tool to achieve it. If you're not in an area where ATC must provide
separation then there's no reason for ATC to vector you.