said by drivel:Everyone who has an Android phone has a gmail address....
Good point, but it's not quite everyone.
My wife and I both have Android phones, but we have never activated gmail accounts for them.
Google is like kudzu, seriously invasive.
I need to use various Google services, but try to minimize them, and to seek alternatives where possible. I'm not yet ready to hand over my entire life to them, any more than I would want that of the NSA.