It's not me, it's you, Google

So, I have decided not to accept the terms and conditions of Google's new privacy policy. This means I will loose my accounts with several online sub-entities of Google's such as Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and (sigh)Blogger. The fact that they have their fingers into so many things is part of my problem with them. Their new privacy policy will consolidate all my information and my posts will belong to them(it's possible that they already do). Add to that their increasingly nonchalance about working with the government and I don't want them to have that much control over me. The old argument that "I don't have anything to hide" doesn't fly with me. Not only is it the principle of the thing, but our government is getting more and more corrupt and their idea of what is right and what is wrong is changing and I don't want them to suddenly decide that I'm a person of interest because I have food storage. I would rather not make it any easier for them.

I have found suitable replacements for all of them(although Jaaromy is having a harder time finding a suitable replacement for Gmail) but some of the replacements, as in the case of Blogger, are not quite as easy. I have transferred all my posts to Wordpress at http://ziersezeitgeist.wordpress.com/http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif and after a lot of tweaking finally got it more-or-less the way I want it. It's not quite as easy to use as Blogger but it does what I need it to do. So, please start checking that blog instead of this one. I have until March 1st to accept the new policy and so I hope you all see this before then.

Often, the right thing to do isn't the easy thing, and I believe the right thing is to not affiliate with Google anymore.