> The first hypocrisy is the idea of 'Openness', Google often describes their competitors customers as 'hostage' when they won't allow Google access into their

> The first hypocrisy is the idea of 'Openness', Google often describes their competitors customers as 'hostage' when they won't allow Google access into their system, or 'walled' because they use a closed model. However there is nothing preventing Google from allowing facebook to access Google's data. I'm confused; facebook can trivially write software that would allow you to transfer all your G+ data (circles, contacts, +1s, etc.) to facebook using google's APIs. Facebook has no such APIs. And I think your suggestion that these data liberation APIs exist only because G+ isn't number one doesn't really mesh with history and reality. AFAICT google is pretty committed to allowing the data you put in to come back out.