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Yes, extortion. "Wouldn't want something nasty to happen to all that good will you've built up on youtube, better get a G+ profile"

That you didn't pay money to get into the trap doesn't make it less of a trap.

Google services are free the way the food for the rabbits was free in "Watership Down."

Yes, "extortion" - give me more data about you if you want to use our so-called "free" services. Extortion in my book too.

Your book is missing a few key pages.

Agree- poor choice of words. I think the proper way to verbalize it is 'piss poor user experience, annoying, inconvenient'.

If you're not being sold anything and the company is making money, then you're the product. Nothing is free.