I neither have a Facebook account nor do I use Google search for more than hard-to-query searches. I don't need Google Mail, and I do blog elsewhere than my (r

I neither have a Facebook account nor do I use Google search for more than hard-to-query searches. I don't need Google Mail, and I do blog elsewhere than my (rottingly neglected) Blogspot account. I appreciate that the author has tied himself to those services, and how problematic that becomes when a centralized service goes down for a user. That is - partly - why I do not do that, preferring the somewhat rougher road of managing my own usernames and passwords, ensuring that my services are split across multiple providers and are not subject to the whims, failures, and vagaries of a single company.