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by bad_user 5469 days ago

     Why did you expect anything else from either company?
Google makes it easier on all of their services to download your data. Including the phone numbers and emails of your own contacts.

     Every company out there offering free services is
     after your data
That quote is not in the context you're putting it -- the original comment meant that your profile belongs to Facebook and you can't move it easily.

I really hope that was a troll and not a Facebook employee.

     it definitely belongs to them since they have the 
     context for it
No it doesn't. By law your data belongs to you and you're granting them the privilege of using it.