[vasiliys]

I didn't realize this was satire until I saw the Google logo, and I thought it was an awesome idea. "Oh, just like Gmail, but they're really open and honest about it."

I guess the reason Google and the like have to conceal their intentions is because there seem to be few people (three out of an audience in the example) who are willing to go into it knowing the terms (or admit to be willing). A lot more people are happy with signing up for the service not stopping to consider why a corporations would be so charitable, then finding out and joining the outrage bandwagon [while continuing to use the service].

This pattern seems insincere or dishonest (for the most part, always exceptions, etc), and I'm hoping it's a fad that dies out, as opposed to the value proposition getting bashed to death. Every other week there's a great tutorial on how to switch to duck duck go and roll your own everything, those are the honest sincere solutions for the truly interested.

[dwild]

Why would that pattern disappear? It makes money... What I would like to disappear is naivety of people. They should understands what they actually are doing. They don't need to understands the technology, just that free doesn't exist. Personally I don't care, it's a small price to pay to get a good spam protection, a good security and a good interface accessible everywhere.

[vasiliys]

To clarify, I meant the pattern of acting outraged while continuing to use the accused service. We're on the same page.