My view is: if it's something I'm allowed to do manually, then I should be allowed to use a tool to help me do it faster.
I don't agree with FB blocking Scoble, nor do I agree that Gmail should block FB.
I don't agree with FB blocking Scoble, nor do I agree that Gmail should block FB.
Is the same true for Facebook? If you get kicked from Facebook, where else will you go? You might say "I'll just take my friends and start my own Facebook!", but you won't be able to unless you somehow got around their monitoring. (Not a difficult problem in principal, but tough for the non-savvy.)
Would a service that exports Facebook contacts be illegal? What about a piece of software that does so?
Many of those terms we agree to in the digital world are nonsensical.