Richard Bennett wrote:

Microsoft just wants your cash, but Google wants your personal information so they can sell it over and over again. The entire Google business model is at odds with notions of personal privacy, so it's not even a question of the occasional excess on their part. Schmidt did what Michael Kinsey calls a gaffe: when a politician accidentally tells the truth.

Completely agree. I have always tried to tell people as much with Google, and they'd just point to the privacy policy, but now there's a juicy quote from the top of the food chain to counter with. Policy can (and will) change. ~Seth