I'm not a big fan of either of these companies, so I find myself agreeing with the criticisms from both sides. In today's environment, advertising can obviously

I'm not a big fan of either of these companies, so I find myself agreeing with the criticisms from both sides. In today's environment, advertising can obviously be tremendously profitable, and advertising is what the businesses of both Facebook and Google boil down to. But the idea of pushing more and more largely useless crap on people doesn't really interest me, even if it's profitable. (But then, what most people do on Facebook all day doesn't really interest me, either.)