Blackflag4
Well-Known Member
The only sense i can make out is that Google is pushing their cloud so hard they assume that everyone has perfectly stable, 4G LTE mobile data everywhere, so having expandable storage isn't needed and everyone should be on the cloud. they apparently can't see the forest through the trees at Mountain View. I mean look at their official reasoning behind the omission of the slot in the Nexus line? it might make sense if everyone in the world had perfectly affordable unlimited data and could do without internal storage capacities over a few dozen gigabytes, but in the real world, there's a ton who can't go too far from their homes before Google Music decides to cut out to rebuffer due to low signal. right now the 'cloud' is a pipe dream.
Considering Google is like the number one data mining and storage company in the world, I would say that trying to push users to migrate to the use of the google cloud Is just another way for Google to ensure complete control of all information going in or out of its customers lives. Information/data is power, and Google never deletes data they gather on a person, so imagine how much more power they could have if they could see a little bit more of everything you do.
There is no end to what info they will attempt to gather. A few years back, I remember reading that Google submitted a request to use microphone and camera data on android users phones to assist in more refined targeted ads. The theory was that if they could access a user's camera to see what is around them, or the Mic to hear what's going on in the users daily life, they could direct ads the user may be more interested in.
This request was shot down of course, from what I had heard.
Imagine you go into a Starbucks and order a black coffee, then someone suggests you try one of the pastries located on the sales counter. Then the next day your phone browser is bombarded by suggestions of which coffee, or pastries to buy while your browsing for gifts for your mom's birthday party. And links to 10 different companies offering the lowest prices on said items.
Kind of (very) intrusive if you ask me.