iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry OS -- they all flag and honor carrier tethering usage allowances. Therefore, by this simplistic logic, to all of them you are the

iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry OS -- they all flag and honor carrier tethering usage allowances. Therefore, by this simplistic logic, to all of them you are the product? I doubt Google's intentions are quite as simple. It's entirely possible that they're honoring the "carrier code" to ensure competition is robust. If your carrier has a problem with tethered data, get a different carrier. As an aside, it's pretty bizarre to see a comment by some random person (the "IT'S A FEATURE NOT A BUG!") being used as if it's a statement by Google. Bizarre.