I dunno, maybe the fact that the last time they got hacked and raked over the coals has something to do with it. Personally, if I was the CEO when the hack had occurred, I'd be a bit overzealous too. Refund some teenager money, and pull them on even a hint at a problem that results in breaking security.

Not really. Apple didn't have to deal with PowerPC applications. They told the market to deal with it. Could Microsoft do this? Yes. Should they? Yes. Not saying I like Metro, I don't. But at some point, the get-off-my-lawn folks need to get over themselves, it's not 1995 anymore and a weak Microsoft stuck supporting multiple UIs isn't good for business.

I find Google search worth a much larger subscription fee, but I'd still think of them as complete idiots if they erected a pay wall.

You know, Foxconn does some shitty things with their employees. But it's stuff like this that takes all the legitimate complaints and paints it over with, "See, it's all a lie." I hope Mike Daisey gets a horrible rash on his balls for this snow job.

There's only one downside: It uses PayPal.

Yes, wanting to go to Google I/O but don't want to participate in Google's main ID hub... Isn't that a bit like wanting to drive without a license?

Not sure why parent was modded down... that's straight from a MS EULA.

Anything that removes PayPal can be considered "Do No Evil".

Also, I'll summarize all dissenting posts that are about to follow: "OMG, Google is out to make money? Shock! Awe! Bewilderment!"

Well, nice guys that retaliate, if you're going by the Dawkins example, hehe. I.E - I'll play nice, and I'll even forgive the first slight, but if you keep screwing me over, you're getting screwed right back. Technically, it's not "better", but leads to evolutionary equilibrium. Unfortunately, total evil also leads to evolutionary equilibrium as he pointed out.

It's not good versus evil... but "mostly good" versus evil.

So we're more like pot heads than we realize, basically. Looks like a great legalization campaign in here somewhere.

And somewhere behind him is a woman throwing all of his stuff out of a bedroom window because he hasn't turned around from his gaming in 7 hours....

FTA: "So how serious is the Google policy change? By the sound of the running commentary, this is the worst thing for privacy that's happened so far this year."

It's the same privacy policy. Unlike having 60 policies, there is one. It's easy to read.

And since when has anyone had a chance to opt-out of any privacy change, be it at your bank, Facebook, or your job?

Could you opt out of the original 60 policies? No.
Great point is at the end.

FTA: "What's the worst-case scenario here? Google amasses a detailed profile about each one of us who continues to use its mostly free products"

They already have that detailed profile, dumbasses!

FTA: "Potentially, that information later on gets breached, sold or subpoenaed by the federal government."

THEY ALREADY HAVE, @#%@#%! They aren't collecting new data. They already have the data. It could be asked for by the government at any time prior to the privacy policy change. Courts give 2 shits about privacy policies when they request data with a warrant or subpoena.

I better stop now, I'm going to blow a fucking gasket at the idiocy of the author of this piece of garbage. On to the great point:

FTA: "If you don't like Google, use Bing."

Thank you. 'Nuff said.

Repeat after me, young lady, "You guys can go fuck yourselves!"

Wow, you don't wanna be that guy. Think of all the pizza that's going to be sent to his house!

You willfully leave out nerds, geeks, dorks, and spazzes? Obvious /. bias! ;)