<p>If you use an alternative to the market and (on Android 2.2 or newer) use an alternative suite of sync plugins, Android without Google can be done. I haven't done it yet, but am considering it for when I close the <a href="http://trausch.us">trausch.us</a> GAFYD.</p>
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Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 7, 2011 8:26 PM, "JD" <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Have you ever tried using Android-anything without a gmail account? I<br>
> did for a week. My new tablet was next to worthless until I gave in.<br>> <br>> I trust Microsoft more than Google when it comes to privacy concerns. I<br>> think most people have forgotten that Google is an advertising company<br>
> first and foremost. Just an opinion.<br>> <br>> If you read the permissions for each Android app, it is scary. Only 3<br>> of the 50+ apps I've loaded seemed to request permissions that are<br>> necessary for the task. All the others over-reach. For example, why<br>
> would any media player need to access GPS data?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On 08/07/2011 07:47 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>>> Kid made a windows live account. Movung into online gaming territory.<br>
>> <br>>> On Aug 7, 2011 7:05 PM, "James Sumners" <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>> Just create a Windows Live ID[1] and quit being a dick about it. All<br>>>> it is used for is logging into the Xbox Live service. I use a Hotmail<br>>>> account that won't even work if I try to login to Hotmail (they<br>
>>> disable Hotmail accounts after a period of inactivity).<br>>>><br>>>> [1] --<br>>> <a href="https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1100&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033">https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1100&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033</a><br>
>> <<a href="https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1100&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033">https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1100&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033</a>><br>>>><br>
>>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 17:08, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>> So I put my foot down about even having an xbox in the house but was<br>>>>> over-ridden by wife and kid with his own funds.<br>>>>><br>>>>> During the network connection setup it was time to create an xbox live<br>
>>>> account. It asked for the email of the user.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Then it asked for the password for the email account.<br>>>>><br>>>>> um. hello?!?<br>>>>><br>
>>>> So if someone has a hotmail or other microsoft account then they already<br>>>>> have access to their account contents. But my kid doesn't _have_ a<br>>> microsoft<br>>>>> account. gmail, yes.<br>
>>>><br>>>>> So he can't go forward 'cause there's no way in hell I'm letting him<br>>> put in<br>>>>> his gmail password without him having a microsoft account of some kind.<br>
>>>><br>>>>> He just got a hard lesson on why Dad doesn't trust that company with any<br>>>>> thing.<br>>>>><br>>>>> --<br>>>>> --<br>>>>> James P. Kinney III<br>
>>>><br>>>>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to<br>>>>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they<br>>>>> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.<br>
>>>> - 2011 Noam Chomsky<br>>>>><br>>>>> <a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>
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>>><br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> James Sumners<br>>>> <a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br>>>><br>>>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts<br>
>>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it<br>>>> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become<br>>>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>
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