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Export your data to a file. Import your data into whatever app or service you like. All Google is saying is that if some other service wants to scrape your data automatically and with your permission, then they need to let Google do the same, scrape your data with your permission.

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Valid point, but the hurdle associated with exporting and re-uploading that data is non-trivial for most people. Is it truly portable if a user can't figure out how to take it with them in the first place?

Edit: I should add that I think a fairer exchange of information between Google and Facebook would be a good thing for users. I just think the way Google is doing this conflicts to some degree with their past mission statements regarding users owning their data.

Is it truly portable if its impossible to take it with you in the first place? Because thats what Google seems to be fighting against here.

Do you think that Google thinks that Facebook is going to give in because of this? They're not fighting anything. It's a convenient excuse for getting their users caught in the crossfire. If Google believes that open data is the right thing to do, then they should be doing it unconditionally, not using it as a bargaining chip.

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