Based on the Guardian, the Google vs. Facebook war of information control is back on the hot seat. Google has accused Facebook of being a "data dead end" and not playing well with other services. Google is angry that Facebook essentially "traps" its users’ contact information by not permitting free and easy export functionality. To make Facebook understand the gravity of this issue, Google has prohibited Facebook from using its information feed for Gmail contacts.
Google gets to Facebook so Facebook gets past Google
There is a data stance against Facebook coming from Google. This made it so Facebook users weren't able to use Google services to invite or import contacts. Users were able to go over the Google roadblock with a hack that Facebook put in. All Google contacts could be uploaded onto Facebook. This will be after they download them. New users don't even have to leave Facebook to do this.
Google’s Data Liberation Front, a team of business engineers committed to making it easy for Google users to move their details in and out of Google products, is reportedly "disappointed" in Facebook’s move, writes the Guardian. From a Google corporate statement:
“We’re disappointed that Facebook didn’t invest their time in making it possible for their users to get their contacts out of Facebook. As passionate believers that people should be able to control the data they create, we will continue to allow our users to export their Google contacts.”
Facebook hasn't responded. There weren't any statement issued anyway.
Will this escalate the Great Online Data War?
From 525 BC to 456 BC, Greek dramatist Aeschylus lived. "In war, truth is the first casualty," he wrote. The most likely scenario is the Great Online Data War – Google vs. Facebook – does not have one clear party in the right or in the wrong. The truth of the matter is that Google and Facebook will make decisions that benefit themselves first. It seems like Google is trying to discover a way via Facebook to start it's possible Google Me service when Facebook wants more than to just help its users find a way around the system.
Articles cited
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/nov/08/google-facebook-gmail-contacts-data
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