Exactly. If anything, Google should pay the user for the privilege of mining their email. Maybe not much, since they do provide such a useful service, but even

Exactly. If anything, Google should pay the user for the privilege of mining their email. Maybe not much, since they do provide such a useful service, but even $20 per year would be pennies on the dollar for the value of the user's info. It wouldn't be enough for me to start using their service again, but for a lot of people it would be.