Since Google have the motto "Dont be evil", doing that will undermine their own motto and Google could risk that move blows back on them one way or the other.
AFAIK, this "petty argument" started with Facebook blocking Google Friend Connect, ironically, for permanently caching data from the Facebook API (effectively what Facebook were doing in return with Gmail's address book).
Google and Facebook are starting to get more and more boring and annoying. I am starting to think they are doing all of this petty fighting just to get even more press and free marketing. Sometimes it seems like some of the management from both companies took this fight personal and now fight for their own pride.
Why don't we start talking more about new and interesting stuff, and leave this two to just cool off and start working on making their services better, instead of spinning in circles and trying to catch their own tail.
Could they please de-list AOL as well so my computer-noob friends will stop giving out their login to facebook?
I am tired of the creepy spam from Facebook that has learned my name and location and harasses me to join because my friends don't realize what they are doing.
can anybody really blame facebook for not allowing export? your contact list (with email) is basically their golden goose. if they let other services suck this data out, their competitors only need to sign 1 person per social circle for pretty much everyone on FB to get an invite to leave.
in the spirit of openness, it sucks, but if you owned facebook would you welcome that risk?
Yes, we can blame Facebook for not allowing export of emails. Several people on here have said that Facebook has learned their name (and some other information) without them having an account.
If Facebook does X using other companies' data, Facebook should allow other companies to do X using their data.
Saying they should is the easy response, and will surely receive many upvotes, but my point was it's hard to judge them. I suspect many people here would hesitate to open up like that if in a similar position. Facebook is a business after all.
