[ale] [OT] Android Requires Gmail email account?!?!?

[The Don Lachlan]

On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 09:15:00PM -0400, The Don Lachlan wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 08:25:43PM -0400, JD wrote:
> > I trust Microsoft more than Google when it comes to privacy concerns. I
> > think most people have forgotten that Google is an advertising company
> > first and foremost. Just an opinion.
> Microsoft, Google and Apple (and most big companies) are publicly traded
> companies which have a legal obligation to make a dollar in ANY manner they
> can.
> Seriously, this company or that company may play nicer for a while but
> "shareholder right's" groups (read: big money corps) fight against nice and
> if favor of M-O-N-E-Y. As long as the law requires publicly traded companies
> to make a dollar at any cost, we shouldn't be surprised when they do that.

I set up an Xbox account. It wouldn't let me log out!

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Hahahahaha!

-L