It's too bad if Google really thinks that way. Seems to me the original key to their success was providing incredible value to their users. That got the user's

It's too bad if Google really thinks that way. Seems to me the original key to their success was providing incredible value to their users. That got the user's attention and ... eventually ... monetization. In the mobile space, the ways to add "incredible value" to the user are only just being conceived. Sure adding the location data silo to apps is a plus. And it seems the entire planet is fixated on social. But I don't see businesses competing for my business in any significant way inside the same app...yet.