Sorry, Google, I'm not for sale

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Don't get me wrong, I do use and have used a lot of Google products in my day including Blogger, Apps, gMail, Calendar, Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, YouTube, Maps, Alerts, Chrome, Earth, Goog 411, SketchUp, Talk, Groups, Orkut, News, Shopping, Scholar, Trends, Mobile, Sync, Checkout, Books, Blog Search, and of course, their search page. I'm sure I've missed a few in there.

That being said, asking me to order stickers and put them on my laptop is kind of gross. I haven't gone Google, but I do use Google products.

You're already using all of my data for your own marketing purposes and profits, don't ask me to be a billboard, too.

Sorry, really didn't like the vibe on this one.

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I think it's a brand loyalty thing, like the big shiny apple on Macbooks, or the tri-colour IBM logo on Thinkpads. Since you can't buy the Google laptop (yet), this is the next best thing... I've seen people with skate stickers, software logos and band names on their laptops. I'm guessing Google is trying to cash in on that, but I'm too froogle to buy in.
— Ian H.
Apple branding a Macbook and IBM branding a Thinkpad equates to Google branding the gMail website. Not to branding my laptop that they didn't make, you know? Besides that, there is just something more insidious about Google's marketing strategy. I might have to tease this out a bit to put my finger on it, but perhaps it's just easy for me to critique a monolithic corporation. I want to check my biases at the door, but am having trouble on this one.
— arvind s grover
Fair enough, but there are tons of other companies asking people to stick their logos all over backpacks, bikes, skateboards and laptops that other companies made. Usually you don't have to buy those stickers, though - the corp writes it off as a promotional expense.
— Ian H.
That helped me think about it. Perhaps it's the language they choose to use. I feel like it is one thing to put an Apple sticker, or a Vans sticker on something. It's another thing to say "I've gone Google." It's like it is who I am rather than something I use. I don't like that approach, it feels like they overstep their boundaries.
p.s. this comment written from my Google Apps e-mail account. Darn Google!
— arvind s grover
Yep, they own everything... Maybe it *would* be different if it was just the Google logo instead of the phrase...
— Ian H.
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