I also feel like we should perhaps be grateful that it's Google that's powerful here. I know they are know longer the company that 100% embraces "Don't be evil"

I also feel like we should perhaps be grateful that it's Google that's powerful here. I know they are know longer the company that 100% embraces "Don't be evil" but I still believe they are trying. It's just that this amount of success, their market(s) and political pressure will steer any company towards "profit > privacy". If you accept this, Google might be one of the better companies to experience this from as some of the other contenders like Yahoo, Microsoft seem to go through this process more rapidly and without much consideration. To sum up my thoughts: while I don't like the direction they seem to be going i'm glad they're the one leading.