So many good points here, Sarah. I think what bothers me most is that, without the willing cooperation of web designers, Google wouldn’t have grown to this point.

We happily added their APIs. Many of us trusted them, even if we had no concrete reason for doing so. And they essentially took advantage of that trusting nature.

Look at some of their business practices and maybe they’re not so different from any other enormous company. They simply package it in a more user-friendly way. Otherwise, they’re no better than an oil company.