Actually, it's just fessing up and accepting reality. That's the difference between an Apple fan and an Apple fanatic. Anybody who tries to survive on the internet without Google is like somebody trying to live off of nuts and berries. It can be done, but its plain misery.
Apple fans (is shortened "fanatic") generally only have a problem with the abomination of Android. Everything else Google works well for them.
I won't allow Google to read my mails by using GMail. I won't allow Google to track my internet activity even better by using their browser. The only two services I use is the search engine and youtube. That's it.
This kind of article is going to rub a lot of fanboys the wrong way. Personally I use google for a LOT as well. And I loved android since the beginning. It's really evolved.
love google. android, search, youtube, chrome on everything and gmail for my spam account (as in stuff i dont want going to my normal email)