>they monetise on my personal data and online behaviour. Indeed they do. Personally I prefer this to having to pay a monthly fee, but others may disagree (and

>they monetise on my personal data and online behaviour. Indeed they do. Personally I prefer this to having to pay a monthly fee, but others may disagree (and quality paid services do exist for them). >Selling the data would mean losing their unique position. That's right too. User data is their biggest asset versus their competitors. >Btw, interesting article currently top voted at HN about ex-google employee ;) Haven't caught it yet. If it's regarding their recent China play however, then that story concerns me too.