On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:02 PM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Daudi, does it really matter? When I asked the same question about Mocality and its data services, it seemed not to bother any of its 60,000 users so why should the google cloud bother us at all? I think Stallman is out to justify his own existence as part of the freeware system because now google will reduce other dependencies and need for services. Me thots
The question is not that whether it bothers the majority ... the majority as we know is foolish -- the exhibitionism promoted by facebook, myspace etc is a good example of that. The question is are you bothered by it ? would you put your personal, critical, vital data on a third party service over which you have no control over anything ...even over the data you delete ... and the possibility that they can arbitrarily shut down your access to your data (even if you opt for the paid service). If you have so much trust in a data hostage / ransom environment ... go ahead no one is stopping you.