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by dylan604 1600 days ago
>The thing I find most disappointing is the fact that it took so many so long to realize this.

The lure of "free" useful things is greater than most's concern/understanding of the capabilities of tech. Gmail is useful. GDocs is useful. Search is useful. Googs has been very smart on exactly the tools they've brought to market so that the lure is maximized.