It's called sharing an opinion, Mr. Troll. Plus, you seem to care enough to comment on it...

Spotify is indeed very awesome, and because of that I don't think I want Apple's grubby fingers all over it.

Hi, you must be new here. And by here I mean America.

Mod parent up. There continues to be a broad misconception that Google is just passing out your information to any company with a few bucks to spend, which is patently false.

Please RTFA, it's a drive-by attack and does not require user interaction.

I'd mod you up if I had any points left to spend. I think you nailed it on the head, at least from Google's perspective. If some of these ventures pay off, fantastic! Google will look like a bunch of geniuses and make some coin in the process. If none of them pay off...well at least they tried, and now they have an even bigger of pile of patents to stack on top of their giant pile of cash. Not that I agree with this kind of patent-hoarding, but I can definitely see this as a wise business plan (providing patent laws don't drastically change anytime soon).

offtopic, but your sig is awesome

I see what you are saying, but unless Anonymous is using or selling the information they have "stolen", then it's not the same as what you are suggesting. Instead, it's basically the same thing as that show that used to be on TV, where an ex-burglar would break into people's homes just to show them how vulnerable they were, and then at the end of the show they would implement tighter home security. Same thing here.....kinda.