Google does not sell info to advertisers. Google sells adverts based on your info. If you are going to bash Google, then at least get your damn facts straight!
Prove they don't
"Google scans your e-mail and sells that info to advertisers. Even when you pay for it. Scary shit. Yahoo for business doesn't do this."
Even though you're wrong, if they scan business mails of let's say paper-cup manufacturers, do you think showing them ads for paper-cups from another firm will generate many sales?
You obviously have no clue of how it works
You might want to read the summary again. Google already had the data. They shipped it to Yahoo, and Yahoo bungled it up.
Actually, this is Google's fault I was migrating away from Google using POP3 to download my mail messages off their server. IMAP had been too slow with thunderbird and evolution. When it was done, I noticed that pop3 sends me my sent mail.
How many Bavarian Illuminati does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Three: one to screw it in, and one to confuse the issue.
