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Conspiracy or not, Google products fit the definition of spyware.

So order takeout (http://google.com/takeout) and leave (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32046?hl=en).

It really bugs me to see people claiming "Google is in bed with the US government," but fail to acknowledge the transparency report:

http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/

Or how about when Google gave a range of NSLs they received? Does Microsoft do this?

you offer a false dichotomy.

All individuals who seek to silence others with a take-it-or-leave-it are people who do not want to suffer the mental dissonance of being frustrated with a provider they themselves use.

I think Google Takeout is awesome, both as a concept and how it is being executed. That said, there is no takeout for Google Hangouts. I.e. with dropping federation, you can't set up your own server and reconnect to your contacts within Google Hangouts.

Hangouts is on the listed of supported products for Google Takeout. Google Takeout provides a way to download your data. It's not a protocol adapter.

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