I'll be looking for a company that intrinsically doesn't sell user data. How can you work around that?
Indeed they do. Personally I prefer this to having to pay a monthly fee, but others may disagree (and quality paid services do exist for them).
>Selling the data would mean losing their unique position.
That's right too. User data is their biggest asset versus their competitors.
>Btw, interesting article currently top voted at HN about ex-google employee ;)
Haven't caught it yet. If it's regarding their recent China play however, then that story concerns me too.