It doesn't make it better or worse, but it means that their motivation in all things is to figure out how to spread their advertisements elsewhere. The fact th

It doesn't make it better or worse, but it means that their motivation in all things is to figure out how to spread their advertisements elsewhere. The fact that you need a Google account to use the phone means that they have the ability to monitor what you're doing, and that's slightly skeevy. I mean, don't get me wrong: I don't think Google will abuse that information. I gladly use my Google account when I have to. But some people are rather worried by that sort of thing.