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One policy, one Google experience
Google announced today that they are getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. The new policy covers multiple products and features, reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google. If you’re like me, you received about a dozen emails today about the new policies.
Google continues to dominate the web with essential services that are deeply intertwined in business and personal daily life. It calls to question the basic fact that it’s all being given away for free. Google Docs, Calendar and Search are such a fundamental part of my daily life that I’ve become reliant on them for many of the things I do everyday. Is that something I should be receiving without cost? Can Google provide these increasing services for free? It’s a radical new model that will certainly evolve as the market develops.
For now though, I like millions of others, will glance at the new privacy policy and agree without much deep thought. It’s the small price I pay for the elegant tools that I get for free.