[ale] [OT] Android Requires Gmail email account?!?!?

[Mike Harrison]

> necessary for the task.  All the others over-reach. For example, why
> would any media player need to access GPS data?

So when you request "BlueGrass", they know you
mean Kentucky, Tennessee or Georgia variants,
depending on your locale.

Dear Google Fan Boi's,

When you moved your e-mail, your photo's and document management to 
Google, for free, you should have realized you ARE the product.

Mega-Ditto for a Google (Android) powered phone or tablet.

There were options, they were not supported en-masse
because the masses did not understand the issues at stake.

Quit complaining, You knew what you bought when you bought it.